🇵🇹 Portugal or 🇰🇭 Cambodia
Which one, honestly
Portugal leads on the sea, cities and getting around. Cambodia leads on value for money.
A normal day costs about $125 in Portugal and $70 in Cambodia.
Side by side
- 🇵🇹 Portugal🇰🇭 Cambodia
- Apr, May, Jun, Sep, OctBest monthsJan, Feb, Nov, Dec
- $125A normal day$70
- 2h 45m from LondonClosest hub1h 10m from Bangkok
- Very goodBeaches and seaGood
- Very goodCities and cultureGood
- Very goodFoodVery good
- Very goodNature and hikingVery good
- Very goodValue for moneyExceptional
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- Cheap trains along the coast, a car for the wine countryGetting aroundTuk tuks in town, buses and cheap flights between cities
- The Algarve in August, when it fills up and doubles in priceWhen to avoidMarch to May, when Angkor is punishing by nine in the morning
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 Cambodia if
you want the most impressive ruin in Asia, and a country that is still cheap and still quiet once you leave it.
Full Portugal guide →Full Cambodia 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.