🇭🇷 Croatia or 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Which one, honestly
Croatia leads on cities. Sri Lanka leads on food and value for money.
A normal day costs about $125 in Croatia and $70 in Sri Lanka.
Side by side
- 🇭🇷 Croatia🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- May, Jun, SepBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Dec
- $125A normal day$70
- 2h 45m to SplitNonstop from London11h to Colombo
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaExceptional
- Very goodCities and cultureNot the draw
- GoodFoodExceptional
- ExceptionalNature and hikingExceptional
- GoodValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Coastal ferries and buses, a car for the national parksGetting aroundA car with driver is the norm, and the hill country train is worth a slow day
- The Dalmatian coast in August, when the islands and the prices both peakWhen to avoidThe southwest in May and June, and the east from October to December
Pick by what you want
🇭🇷 Choose Croatia if
you want the clearest water in Europe, walled old towns and national parks, in a country you can drive down in a day.
🇱🇰 Choose Sri Lanka if
you want beaches, tea mountains, safari and ruins inside one small island, on a very small budget.
Full Croatia guide →Full Sri Lanka 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.