🇨🇷 Costa Rica or 🇲🇦 Morocco
Which one, honestly
Costa Rica leads on nature and the sea. Morocco leads on cities, value for money and food.
A normal day costs about $130 in Costa Rica and $80 in Morocco.
Side by side
- 🇨🇷 Costa Rica🇲🇦 Morocco
- Jan, Feb, Mar, DecBest monthsMar, Apr, May, Sep, Oct
- $130A normal day$80
- 11h to San JoseNonstop from Madrid1h 40m to Marrakesh
- Very goodBeaches and seaGood
- Not the drawCities and cultureExceptional
- 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 aroundGood trains along the coast, a driver for the mountains and the desert
- September and October on the Caribbean side, the wettest weeks of the yearWhen to avoidMarrakesh and the desert in July and August, when it passes 45C
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 Morocco if
you want somewhere that feels genuinely far away on a three hour flight from Europe, with mountains, desert and old cities in one trip.
Full Costa Rica guide →Full Morocco 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.