🇱🇰 Sri Lanka or 🇵🇹 Portugal
Which one, honestly
Sri Lanka leads on the sea, food and nature. Portugal leads on cities and getting around.
A normal day costs about $70 in Sri Lanka and $125 in Portugal.
Side by side
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka🇵🇹 Portugal
- Jan, Feb, Mar, DecBest monthsApr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct
- $70A normal day$125
- 11h to ColomboNonstop from London2h 45m to Lisbon
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaVery good
- Not the drawCities and cultureVery good
- ExceptionalFoodVery good
- ExceptionalNature and hikingVery good
- ExceptionalValue for moneyVery good
- GoodEasy to get aroundVery good
- A car with driver is the norm, and the hill country train is worth a slow dayGetting aroundCheap trains along the coast, a car for the wine country
- The southwest in May and June, and the east from October to DecemberWhen to avoidThe Algarve in August, when it fills up and doubles in price
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 Portugal if
you want Europe on a smaller budget, with the ocean, and you do not mind cool water.
Full Sri Lanka guide →Full Portugal 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.