🇲🇽 Mexico or 🇮🇸 Iceland
Which one, honestly
Mexico leads on the sea, cities and food. Iceland leads on nature and getting around.
A normal day costs about $95 in Mexico and $190 in Iceland.
Side by side
- 🇲🇽 Mexico🇮🇸 Iceland
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Nov, DecBest monthsJun, Jul, Aug, Sep
- $95A normal day$190
- 11h 45m to Mexico CityNonstop from London3h 20m to Reykjavik
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaNot the draw
- ExceptionalCities and cultureGood
- ExceptionalFoodGood
- Very goodNature and hikingExceptional
- Very goodValue for moneyNot the draw
- GoodEasy to get aroundVery good
- Comfortable long distance buses and cheap domestic flightsGetting aroundA hire car on the ring road, and a four wheel drive for the interior
- The Caribbean coast in September and October, peak hurricane seasonWhen to avoidNothing seasonally, but the highland roads are shut from roughly October to June
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 Iceland if
you want landscape above everything else, and you have accepted in advance that it costs more than anywhere else here.
Full Mexico guide →Full Iceland 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.