🇲🇽 Mexico or 🇵🇭 Philippines
Which one, honestly
Mexico leads on cities, food and getting around. Philippines leads on nature and value for money.
A normal day costs about $95 in Mexico and $85 in Philippines.
Side by side
- 🇲🇽 Mexico🇵🇭 Philippines
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Nov, DecBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Dec
- $95A normal day$85
- 11h 45m to Mexico CityNonstop from London14h to Manila
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaExceptional
- ExceptionalCities and cultureNot the draw
- ExceptionalFoodGood
- Very goodNature and hikingExceptional
- Very goodValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundNot the draw
- Comfortable long distance buses and cheap domestic flightsGetting aroundDomestic flights and ferries, cheap but often delayed, leave slack
- The Caribbean coast in September and October, peak hurricane seasonWhen to avoidThe typhoon months, roughly August to October
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 Philippines if
you want water and islands above everything else, on a small budget, and you can handle slow travel days.
Full Mexico guide →Full Philippines guide →
And what the world thinks
🇵🇭 Philippines leads by 5 votes.
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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.