🇲🇽 Mexico or 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Which one, honestly
Mexico leads on the sea and cities. Vietnam leads on nature and value for money.
A normal day costs about $95 in Mexico and $70 in Vietnam.
Side by side
- 🇲🇽 Mexico🇻🇳 Vietnam
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Nov, DecBest monthsMar, Apr, Oct, Nov
- $95A normal day$70
- 11h 45m to Mexico CityNonstop from London12h to Hanoi
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaVery good
- ExceptionalCities and cultureVery good
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- Very goodNature and hikingExceptional
- Very goodValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Comfortable long distance buses and cheap domestic flightsGetting aroundCheap domestic flights and sleeper trains, because the country is long
- The Caribbean coast in September and October, peak hurricane seasonWhen to avoidThe north in January, cold and grey, and the centre during the autumn typhoons
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 Vietnam if
you want the best street food in Asia on the smallest budget, and you do not mind a long thin country that takes time to cross.
Full Mexico guide →Full Vietnam 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.