🇪🇸 Spain or 🇲🇽 Mexico
Which one, honestly
Spain leads on getting around. Mexico leads on the sea.
A normal day costs about $145 in Spain and $95 in Mexico.
Side by side
- 🇪🇸 Spain🇲🇽 Mexico
- Apr, May, Sep, OctBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Nov, Dec
- $145A normal day$95
- 2h 30m to MadridNonstop from London11h 45m to Mexico City
- Very goodBeaches and seaExceptional
- ExceptionalCities and cultureExceptional
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- Very goodNature and hikingVery good
- Very goodValue for moneyVery good
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- Fast trains between the big cities, a car for the northGetting aroundComfortable long distance buses and cheap domestic flights
- The southern cities in July and AugustWhen to avoidThe Caribbean coast in September and October, peak hurricane season
Pick by what you want
🇪🇸 Choose Spain if
you want cities, food and beaches in the same trip without choosing between them.
🇲🇽 Choose Mexico if
you want one of the great food countries, ruins and two very different coastlines, without European prices.
Full Spain guide →Full Mexico 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.