🇱🇰 Sri Lanka or 🇵🇭 Philippines
Which one, honestly
Sri Lanka leads on food and getting around.
A normal day costs about $70 in Sri Lanka and $85 in Philippines.
Side by side
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka🇵🇭 Philippines
- Jan, Feb, Mar, DecBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Dec
- $70A normal day$85
- 11h to ColomboNonstop from London14h to Manila
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaExceptional
- Not the drawCities and cultureNot the draw
- ExceptionalFoodGood
- ExceptionalNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundNot the draw
- A car with driver is the norm, and the hill country train is worth a slow dayGetting aroundDomestic flights and ferries, cheap but often delayed, leave slack
- The southwest in May and June, and the east from October to DecemberWhen to avoidThe typhoon months, roughly August to October
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 Philippines if
you want water and islands above everything else, on a small budget, and you can handle slow travel days.
Full Sri Lanka guide →Full Philippines guide →
And what the world thinks
🇵🇭 Philippines leads by 5 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.