🇰🇭 Cambodia or 🇲🇽 Mexico
Which one, honestly
Cambodia leads on value for money. Mexico leads on the sea, cities and food.
A normal day costs about $70 in Cambodia and $95 in Mexico.
Side by side
- 🇰🇭 Cambodia🇲🇽 Mexico
- Jan, Feb, Nov, DecBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Nov, Dec
- $70A normal day$95
- 1h 10m from BangkokClosest hub5h 15m from New York
- GoodBeaches and seaExceptional
- GoodCities and cultureExceptional
- Very goodFoodExceptional
- Very goodNature and hikingVery good
- ExceptionalValue for moneyVery good
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Tuk tuks in town, buses and cheap flights between citiesGetting aroundComfortable long distance buses and cheap domestic flights
- March to May, when Angkor is punishing by nine in the morningWhen to avoidThe Caribbean coast in September and October, peak hurricane season
Pick by what you want
🇰🇭 Choose Cambodia if
you want the most impressive ruin in Asia, and a country that is still cheap and still quiet once you leave it.
🇲🇽 Choose Mexico if
you want one of the great food countries, ruins and two very different coastlines, without European prices.
Full Cambodia guide →Full Mexico guide →
And what the world thinks
Dead even. The next vote breaks the tie.
Compare something else
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.