🇲🇽 Mexico or 🇨🇴 Colombia
Which one, honestly
Mexico leads on food, the sea and cities. Colombia leads on nature and value for money.
A normal day costs about $95 in Mexico and $75 in Colombia.
Side by side
- 🇲🇽 Mexico🇨🇴 Colombia
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Nov, DecBest monthsJan, Feb, Jul, Aug, Dec
- $95A normal day$75
- 5h 15m to Mexico CityNonstop from New York5h 40m to Bogota
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaVery good
- ExceptionalCities and cultureVery good
- ExceptionalFoodGood
- Very goodNature and hikingExceptional
- Very goodValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Comfortable long distance buses and cheap domestic flightsGetting aroundCheap domestic flights, because the Andes make every bus ride long
- The Caribbean coast in September and October, peak hurricane seasonWhen to avoidApril, May, October and November, the two rainy stretches
Pick by what you want
🇲🇽 Choose Mexico if
you want one of the great food countries, ruins and two very different coastlines, without European prices.
🇨🇴 Choose Colombia if
you want coffee mountains, Caribbean coast and one of the great party cities, on a budget that goes a long way.
Full Mexico guide →Full Colombia 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.