🇹🇭 Thailand or 🇨🇾 Cyprus
Which one, honestly
Thailand leads on food, value for money and cities.
A normal day costs about $85 in Thailand and $130 in Cyprus.
Side by side
- 🇹🇭 Thailand🇨🇾 Cyprus
- Jan, Feb, Nov, DecBest monthsApr, May, Sep, Oct
- $85A normal day$130
- 11h 30m to BangkokNonstop from London4h 35m to Larnaca
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaExceptional
- Very goodCities and cultureGood
- ExceptionalFoodVery good
- Very goodNature and hikingGood
- ExceptionalValue for moneyVery good
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- Cheap domestic flights, sleeper trains and boats, all easyGetting aroundA hire car, effectively required, there is barely any public transport
- April, the hottest month, and the burning season in the northWhen to avoidJuly and August inland, when it passes 40C
Pick by what you want
🇹🇭 Choose Thailand if
you want your money to go a very long way, with beaches and food, and you do not mind heat.
🇨🇾 Choose Cyprus if
you want reliable sun and warm sea with short flights from Europe and the Gulf, and a small island you can drive across in two hours.
Full Thailand guide →Full Cyprus guide →
And what the world thinks
🇨🇾 Cyprus leads by 20 votes.
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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.