🇱🇰 Sri Lanka or 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Which one, honestly
Sri Lanka leads on the sea. Vietnam leads on cities.
A normal day costs about the same in both, around $70.
Side by side
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka🇻🇳 Vietnam
- Jan, Feb, Mar, DecBest monthsMar, Apr, Oct, Nov
- $70A normal day$70
- 11h to ColomboNonstop from London12h to Hanoi
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaVery good
- Not the drawCities and cultureVery good
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- ExceptionalNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- A car with driver is the norm, and the hill country train is worth a slow dayGetting aroundCheap domestic flights and sleeper trains, because the country is long
- The southwest in May and June, and the east from October to DecemberWhen to avoidThe north in January, cold and grey, and the centre during the autumn typhoons
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 Vietnam if
you want the best street food in Asia on the smallest budget, and you do not mind a long thin country that takes time to cross.
Full Sri Lanka guide →Full Vietnam 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.