🇱🇰 Sri Lanka or 🇨🇴 Colombia
Which one, honestly
Sri Lanka leads on food and the sea. Colombia leads on cities.
A normal day costs about $70 in Sri Lanka and $75 in Colombia.
Side by side
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka🇨🇴 Colombia
- Jan, Feb, Mar, DecBest monthsJan, Feb, Jul, Aug, Dec
- $70A normal day$75
- 3h 40m from SingaporeClosest hub4h 20m from Mexico City
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaVery good
- Not the drawCities and cultureVery good
- ExceptionalFoodGood
- ExceptionalNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- A car with driver is the norm, and the hill country train is worth a slow dayGetting aroundCheap domestic flights, because the Andes make every bus ride long
- The southwest in May and June, and the east from October to DecemberWhen to avoidApril, May, October and November, the two rainy stretches
Pick by what you want
🇱🇰 Choose Sri Lanka if
you want beaches, tea mountains, safari and ruins inside one small island, on a very small budget.
🇨🇴 Choose Colombia if
you want coffee mountains, Caribbean coast and one of the great party cities, on a budget that goes a long way.
Full Sri Lanka guide →Full Colombia 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.