🇵🇹 Portugal or 🇯🇵 Japan
Which one, honestly
Portugal leads on the sea and value for money. Japan leads on cities, food and nature.
A normal day costs about $125 in Portugal and $165 in Japan.
Side by side
- 🇵🇹 Portugal🇯🇵 Japan
- Apr, May, Jun, Sep, OctBest monthsMar, Apr, May, Oct, Nov
- $125A normal day$165
- 2h 45m to LisbonNonstop from London14h to Tokyo
- Very goodBeaches and seaNot the draw
- Very goodCities and cultureExceptional
- Very goodFoodExceptional
- Very goodNature and hikingExceptional
- Very goodValue for moneyGood
- Very goodEasy to get aroundExceptional
- Cheap trains along the coast, a car for the wine countryGetting aroundThe best rail network in the world, buy the pass before you arrive
- The Algarve in August, when it fills up and doubles in priceWhen to avoidGolden Week in early May, when the whole country travels at once
Pick by what you want
🇵🇹 Choose Portugal if
you want Europe on a smaller budget, with the ocean, and you do not mind cool water.
🇯🇵 Choose Japan if
you want somewhere that feels genuinely different, you like cities and food, and you want everything to work perfectly.
Full Portugal guide →Full Japan 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.