🇲🇽 Mexico or 🇹🇭 Thailand
Which one, honestly
Mexico leads on cities. Thailand leads on value for money and getting around.
A normal day costs about $95 in Mexico and $85 in Thailand.
Side by side
- 🇲🇽 Mexico🇹🇭 Thailand
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Nov, DecBest monthsJan, Feb, Nov, Dec
- $95A normal day$85
- 11h 45m to Mexico CityNonstop from London11h 30m to Bangkok
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaExceptional
- ExceptionalCities and cultureVery good
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- Very goodNature and hikingVery good
- Very goodValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundVery good
- Comfortable long distance buses and cheap domestic flightsGetting aroundCheap domestic flights, sleeper trains and boats, all easy
- The Caribbean coast in September and October, peak hurricane seasonWhen to avoidApril, the hottest month, and the burning season in the north
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 Thailand if
you want your money to go a very long way, with beaches and food, and you do not mind heat.
Full Mexico guide →Full Thailand 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.