🇨🇷 Costa Rica or 🇭🇷 Croatia
Which one, honestly
Croatia leads on cities, the sea and value for money.
A normal day costs about $130 in Costa Rica and $125 in Croatia.
Side by side
- 🇨🇷 Costa Rica🇭🇷 Croatia
- Jan, Feb, Mar, DecBest monthsMay, Jun, Sep
- $130A normal day$125
- 2h 55m from Mexico CityClosest hub1h 10m from Rome
- Very goodBeaches and seaExceptional
- Not the drawCities and cultureVery good
- GoodFoodGood
- ExceptionalNature and hikingExceptional
- Not the drawValue for moneyGood
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- A hire car with clearance, the distances are short but the roads are slowGetting aroundCoastal ferries and buses, a car for the national parks
- September and October on the Caribbean side, the wettest weeks of the yearWhen to avoidThe Dalmatian coast in August, when the islands and the prices both peak
Pick by what you want
🇨🇷 Choose Costa Rica if
you want wildlife above everything else, cloud forest and two oceans in one small country, and you accept it costs more than its neighbours.
🇭🇷 Choose Croatia if
you want the clearest water in Europe, walled old towns and national parks, in a country you can drive down in a day.
Full Costa Rica guide →Full Croatia 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.