🇮🇸 Iceland or 🇨🇾 Cyprus
Which one, honestly
Iceland leads on nature and getting around. Cyprus leads on the sea, value for money and food.
A normal day costs about $190 in Iceland and $130 in Cyprus.
Side by side
- 🇮🇸 Iceland🇨🇾 Cyprus
- Jun, Jul, Aug, SepBest monthsApr, May, Sep, Oct
- $190A normal day$130
- 3h 20m to ReykjavikNonstop from London4h 35m to Larnaca
- Not the drawBeaches and seaExceptional
- GoodCities and cultureGood
- GoodFoodVery good
- ExceptionalNature and hikingGood
- Not the drawValue for moneyVery good
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- A hire car on the ring road, and a four wheel drive for the interiorGetting aroundA hire car, effectively required, there is barely any public transport
- Nothing seasonally, but the highland roads are shut from roughly October to JuneWhen to avoidJuly and August inland, when it passes 40C
Pick by what you want
🇮🇸 Choose Iceland if
you want landscape above everything else, and you have accepted in advance that it costs more than anywhere else here.
🇨🇾 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.
Full Iceland guide →Full Cyprus 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.