🇨🇾 Cyprus or 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Which one, honestly
Cyprus leads on value for money, the sea and food. Costa Rica leads on nature.
A normal day costs about the same in both, around $130.
Side by side
- 🇨🇾 Cyprus🇨🇷 Costa Rica
- Apr, May, Sep, OctBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Dec
- $130A normal day$130
- 1h 40m from AthensClosest hub2h 55m from Mexico City
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaVery good
- GoodCities and cultureNot the draw
- Very goodFoodGood
- GoodNature and hikingExceptional
- Very goodValue for moneyNot the draw
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- A hire car, effectively required, there is barely any public transportGetting aroundA hire car with clearance, the distances are short but the roads are slow
- July and August inland, when it passes 40CWhen to avoidSeptember and October on the Caribbean side, the wettest weeks of the year
Pick by what you want
🇨🇾 Choose Cyprus if
you want reliable sun and warm sea with short flights from Europe and the Gulf, and a small island you can drive across in two hours.
🇨🇷 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.
Full Cyprus guide →Full Costa Rica guide →
And what the world thinks
🇨🇾 Cyprus leads by 20 votes.
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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.