🇲🇽 Mexico or 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Which one, honestly
Mexico leads on cities. Sri Lanka leads on nature and value for money.
A normal day costs about $95 in Mexico and $70 in Sri Lanka.
Side by side
- 🇲🇽 Mexico🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Nov, DecBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Dec
- $95A normal day$70
- 11h 45m to Mexico CityNonstop from London11h to Colombo
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaExceptional
- ExceptionalCities and cultureNot the draw
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- Very goodNature and hikingExceptional
- Very goodValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Comfortable long distance buses and cheap domestic flightsGetting aroundA car with driver is the norm, and the hill country train is worth a slow day
- The Caribbean coast in September and October, peak hurricane seasonWhen to avoidThe southwest in May and June, and the east from October to December
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 Sri Lanka if
you want beaches, tea mountains, safari and ruins inside one small island, on a very small budget.
Full Mexico guide →Full Sri Lanka guide →
And what the world thinks
Dead even. The next vote breaks the tie.
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