🇮🇸 Iceland or 🇹🇭 Thailand
Which one, honestly
Iceland leads on nature. Thailand leads on the sea, value for money and food.
A normal day costs about $190 in Iceland and $85 in Thailand.
Side by side
- 🇮🇸 Iceland🇹🇭 Thailand
- Jun, Jul, Aug, SepBest monthsJan, Feb, Nov, Dec
- $190A normal day$85
- 3h 20m to ReykjavikNonstop from London11h 30m to Bangkok
- Not the drawBeaches and seaExceptional
- GoodCities and cultureVery good
- GoodFoodExceptional
- ExceptionalNature and hikingVery good
- Not the drawValue for moneyExceptional
- Very goodEasy to get aroundVery good
- A hire car on the ring road, and a four wheel drive for the interiorGetting aroundCheap domestic flights, sleeper trains and boats, all easy
- Nothing seasonally, but the highland roads are shut from roughly October to JuneWhen to avoidApril, the hottest month, and the burning season in the north
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 Thailand if
you want your money to go a very long way, with beaches and food, and you do not mind heat.
Full Iceland guide →Full Thailand 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.