🇵🇹 Portugal or 🇲🇽 Mexico
Which one, honestly
Portugal leads on getting around. Mexico leads on the sea, cities and food.
A normal day costs about $125 in Portugal and $95 in Mexico.
Side by side
- 🇵🇹 Portugal🇲🇽 Mexico
- Apr, May, Jun, Sep, OctBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Nov, Dec
- $125A normal day$95
- 2h 45m to LisbonNonstop from London11h 45m to Mexico City
- Very goodBeaches and seaExceptional
- Very goodCities and cultureExceptional
- Very goodFoodExceptional
- Very goodNature and hikingVery good
- Very goodValue for moneyVery good
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- Cheap trains along the coast, a car for the wine countryGetting aroundComfortable long distance buses and cheap domestic flights
- The Algarve in August, when it fills up and doubles in priceWhen to avoidThe Caribbean coast in September and October, peak hurricane season
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 Mexico if
you want one of the great food countries, ruins and two very different coastlines, without European prices.
Full Portugal guide →Full Mexico 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.