🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates or 🇲🇽 Mexico
Which one, honestly
United Arab Emirates leads on getting around. Mexico leads on the sea, nature and value for money.
A normal day costs about $175 in United Arab Emirates and $95 in Mexico.
Side by side
- 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates🇲🇽 Mexico
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Nov, DecBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Nov, Dec
- $175A normal day$95
- 7h to DubaiNonstop from London11h 45m to Mexico City
- GoodBeaches and seaExceptional
- Very goodCities and cultureExceptional
- Very goodFoodExceptional
- Not the drawNature and hikingVery good
- Not the drawValue for moneyVery good
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- Metro in Dubai, taxis everywhere else, a car for the mountainsGetting aroundComfortable long distance buses and cheap domestic flights
- June to September, when outdoors stops being an optionWhen to avoidThe Caribbean coast in September and October, peak hurricane season
Pick by what you want
🇦🇪 Choose United Arab Emirates if
you want guaranteed winter sun, very short flights from Europe and Asia, and a city that works like clockwork.
🇲🇽 Choose Mexico if
you want one of the great food countries, ruins and two very different coastlines, without European prices.
Full United Arab Emirates guide →Full Mexico guide →
And what the world thinks
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates leads by 3 votes.
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Written and checked by hand. Nothing here about visas or entry rules: those change often and depend on your passport, so check an official source.