🇱🇰 Sri Lanka or 🇭🇷 Croatia
Which one, honestly
Sri Lanka leads on food and value for money. Croatia leads on cities.
A normal day costs about $70 in Sri Lanka and $125 in Croatia.
Side by side
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka🇭🇷 Croatia
- Jan, Feb, Mar, DecBest monthsMay, Jun, Sep
- $70A normal day$125
- 11h to ColomboNonstop from London2h 45m to Split
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaExceptional
- Not the drawCities and cultureVery good
- ExceptionalFoodGood
- ExceptionalNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyGood
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- A car with driver is the norm, and the hill country train is worth a slow dayGetting aroundCoastal ferries and buses, a car for the national parks
- The southwest in May and June, and the east from October to DecemberWhen to avoidThe Dalmatian coast in August, when the islands and the prices both peak
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 Croatia if
you want the clearest water in Europe, walled old towns and national parks, in a country you can drive down in a day.
Full Sri Lanka guide →Full Croatia 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.