🇮🇸 Iceland or 🇲🇽 Mexico
Which one, honestly
Iceland leads on nature and getting around. Mexico leads on the sea, cities and food.
A normal day costs about $190 in Iceland and $95 in Mexico.
Side by side
- 🇮🇸 Iceland🇲🇽 Mexico
- Jun, Jul, Aug, SepBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Nov, Dec
- $190A normal day$95
- 3h 20m to ReykjavikNonstop from London11h 45m to Mexico City
- Not the drawBeaches and seaExceptional
- GoodCities and cultureExceptional
- GoodFoodExceptional
- ExceptionalNature and hikingVery good
- 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 aroundComfortable long distance buses and cheap domestic flights
- Nothing seasonally, but the highland roads are shut from roughly October to JuneWhen to avoidThe Caribbean coast in September and October, peak hurricane season
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 Mexico if
you want one of the great food countries, ruins and two very different coastlines, without European prices.
Full Iceland 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.