🇨🇷 Costa Rica or 🇰🇭 Cambodia
Which one, honestly
Costa Rica leads on nature and the sea. Cambodia leads on value for money, food and cities.
A normal day costs about $130 in Costa Rica and $70 in Cambodia.
Side by side
- 🇨🇷 Costa Rica🇰🇭 Cambodia
- Jan, Feb, Mar, DecBest monthsJan, Feb, Nov, Dec
- $130A normal day$70
- 2h 55m from Mexico CityClosest hub1h 10m from Bangkok
- Very goodBeaches and seaGood
- Not the drawCities and cultureGood
- GoodFoodVery good
- ExceptionalNature and hikingVery good
- Not the drawValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- A hire car with clearance, the distances are short but the roads are slowGetting aroundTuk tuks in town, buses and cheap flights between cities
- September and October on the Caribbean side, the wettest weeks of the yearWhen to avoidMarch to May, when Angkor is punishing by nine in the morning
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 Cambodia if
you want the most impressive ruin in Asia, and a country that is still cheap and still quiet once you leave it.
Full Costa Rica guide →Full Cambodia 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.