🇱🇰 Sri Lanka or 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Which one, honestly
Sri Lanka leads on value for money, food and the sea.
A normal day costs about $70 in Sri Lanka and $130 in Costa Rica.
Side by side
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka🇨🇷 Costa Rica
- Jan, Feb, Mar, DecBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Dec
- $70A normal day$130
- 3h 40m from SingaporeClosest hub2h 55m from Mexico City
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaVery good
- Not the drawCities and cultureNot the draw
- ExceptionalFoodGood
- ExceptionalNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyNot the draw
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- A car with driver is the norm, and the hill country train is worth a slow dayGetting aroundA hire car with clearance, the distances are short but the roads are slow
- The southwest in May and June, and the east from October to DecemberWhen to avoidSeptember and October on the Caribbean side, the wettest weeks of the year
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 Costa Rica if
you want wildlife above everything else, cloud forest and two oceans in one small country, and you accept it costs more than its neighbours.
Full Sri Lanka guide →Full Costa Rica 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.