🇲🇽 Mexico or 🇰🇭 Cambodia
Which one, honestly
Mexico leads on the sea, cities and food. Cambodia leads on value for money.
A normal day costs about $95 in Mexico and $70 in Cambodia.
Side by side
- 🇲🇽 Mexico🇰🇭 Cambodia
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Nov, DecBest monthsJan, Feb, Nov, Dec
- $95A normal day$70
- 5h 15m from New YorkClosest hub1h 10m from Bangkok
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaGood
- ExceptionalCities and cultureGood
- ExceptionalFoodVery good
- Very goodNature and hikingVery good
- Very goodValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Comfortable long distance buses and cheap domestic flightsGetting aroundTuk tuks in town, buses and cheap flights between cities
- The Caribbean coast in September and October, peak hurricane seasonWhen to avoidMarch to May, when Angkor is punishing by nine in the morning
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 Cambodia if
you want the most impressive ruin in Asia, and a country that is still cheap and still quiet once you leave it.
Full Mexico guide →Full Cambodia guide →
And what the world thinks
Dead even. The next vote breaks the tie.
Compare something else
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.