🇲🇽 Mexico or 🇪🇸 Spain
Which one, honestly
Mexico leads on the sea. Spain leads on getting around.
A normal day costs about $95 in Mexico and $145 in Spain.
Side by side
- 🇲🇽 Mexico🇪🇸 Spain
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Nov, DecBest monthsApr, May, Sep, Oct
- $95A normal day$145
- 11h 45m to Mexico CityNonstop from London2h 30m to Madrid
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaVery good
- ExceptionalCities and cultureExceptional
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- Very goodNature and hikingVery good
- Very goodValue for moneyVery good
- GoodEasy to get aroundVery good
- Comfortable long distance buses and cheap domestic flightsGetting aroundFast trains between the big cities, a car for the north
- The Caribbean coast in September and October, peak hurricane seasonWhen to avoidThe southern cities in July and August
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 Spain if
you want cities, food and beaches in the same trip without choosing between them.
Full Mexico guide →Full Spain 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.