🇨🇾 Cyprus or 🇹🇭 Thailand
Which one, honestly
Thailand leads on food, value for money and cities.
A normal day costs about $130 in Cyprus and $85 in Thailand.
Side by side
- 🇨🇾 Cyprus🇹🇭 Thailand
- Apr, May, Sep, OctBest monthsJan, Feb, Nov, Dec
- $130A normal day$85
- 4h 35m to LarnacaNonstop from London11h 30m to Bangkok
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaExceptional
- GoodCities and cultureVery good
- Very goodFoodExceptional
- GoodNature and hikingVery good
- Very goodValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundVery good
- A hire car, effectively required, there is barely any public transportGetting aroundCheap domestic flights, sleeper trains and boats, all easy
- July and August inland, when it passes 40CWhen to avoidApril, the hottest month, and the burning season in the north
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 Thailand if
you want your money to go a very long way, with beaches and food, and you do not mind heat.
Full Cyprus guide →Full Thailand guide →
And what the world thinks
🇨🇾 Cyprus leads by 20 votes.
Compare something else
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.