🇱🇰 Sri Lanka or 🇨🇾 Cyprus
Which one, honestly
Sri Lanka leads on nature, food and value for money. Cyprus leads on cities.
A normal day costs about $70 in Sri Lanka and $130 in Cyprus.
Side by side
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka🇨🇾 Cyprus
- Jan, Feb, Mar, DecBest monthsApr, May, Sep, Oct
- $70A normal day$130
- 11h to ColomboNonstop from London4h 35m to Larnaca
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaExceptional
- Not the drawCities and cultureGood
- ExceptionalFoodVery good
- ExceptionalNature and hikingGood
- ExceptionalValue for moneyVery good
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- A car with driver is the norm, and the hill country train is worth a slow dayGetting aroundA hire car, effectively required, there is barely any public transport
- The southwest in May and June, and the east from October to DecemberWhen to avoidJuly and August inland, when it passes 40C
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 Cyprus if
you want reliable sun and warm sea with short flights from Europe and the Gulf, and a small island you can drive across in two hours.
Full Sri Lanka guide →Full Cyprus guide →
And what the world thinks
🇨🇾 Cyprus leads by 20 votes.
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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.