🇲🇽 Mexico or 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Which one, honestly
Mexico leads on cities and food. Indonesia leads on nature and value for money.
A normal day costs about $95 in Mexico and $75 in Indonesia.
Side by side
- 🇲🇽 Mexico🇮🇩 Indonesia
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Nov, DecBest monthsApr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct
- $95A normal day$75
- 5h 15m from New YorkClosest hub2h 50m from Singapore
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaExceptional
- ExceptionalCities and cultureNot the draw
- ExceptionalFoodVery good
- Very goodNature and hikingExceptional
- Very goodValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Comfortable long distance buses and cheap domestic flightsGetting aroundScooters and private drivers on Bali, short flights and ferries between islands
- The Caribbean coast in September and October, peak hurricane seasonWhen to avoidJuly and August in south Bali, when the traffic becomes the trip
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 Indonesia if
you want volcanoes, reefs and rice terraces for very little money, and you are willing to leave the busy south to find them.
Full Mexico guide →Full Indonesia 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.