🇨🇴 Colombia or 🇮🇸 Iceland
Which one, honestly
Colombia leads on value for money, the sea and cities. Iceland leads on getting around.
A normal day costs about $75 in Colombia and $190 in Iceland.
Side by side
- 🇨🇴 Colombia🇮🇸 Iceland
- Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug, DecBest monthsJun, Jul, Aug, Sep
- $75A normal day$190
- 5h 40m to BogotaNonstop from New York5h 40m to Reykjavik
- Very goodBeaches and seaNot the draw
- Very goodCities and cultureGood
- GoodFoodGood
- ExceptionalNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyNot the draw
- GoodEasy to get aroundVery good
- Cheap domestic flights, because the Andes make every bus ride longGetting aroundA hire car on the ring road, and a four wheel drive for the interior
- April, May, October and November, the two rainy stretchesWhen to avoidNothing seasonally, but the highland roads are shut from roughly October to June
Pick by what you want
🇨🇴 Choose Colombia if
you want coffee mountains, Caribbean coast and one of the great party cities, on a budget that goes a long way.
🇮🇸 Choose Iceland if
you want landscape above everything else, and you have accepted in advance that it costs more than anywhere else here.
Full Colombia guide →Full Iceland guide →
And what the world thinks
Dead even. The next vote breaks the tie.
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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.