🇨🇴 Colombia or 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Which one, honestly
Colombia leads on cities. Sri Lanka leads on food and the sea.
A normal day costs about $75 in Colombia and $70 in Sri Lanka.
Side by side
- 🇨🇴 Colombia🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug, DecBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Dec
- $75A normal day$70
- 4h 20m from Mexico CityClosest hub3h 40m from Singapore
- Very goodBeaches and seaExceptional
- Very goodCities and cultureNot the draw
- GoodFoodExceptional
- ExceptionalNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Cheap domestic flights, because the Andes make every bus ride longGetting aroundA car with driver is the norm, and the hill country train is worth a slow day
- April, May, October and November, the two rainy stretchesWhen to avoidThe southwest in May and June, and the east from October to December
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 Sri Lanka if
you want beaches, tea mountains, safari and ruins inside one small island, on a very small budget.
Full Colombia guide →Full Sri Lanka guide →
And what the world thinks
Dead even. The next vote breaks the tie.
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