🇹🇭 Thailand or 🇮🇸 Iceland
Which one, honestly
Thailand leads on the sea, value for money and food. Iceland leads on nature.
A normal day costs about $85 in Thailand and $190 in Iceland.
Side by side
- 🇹🇭 Thailand🇮🇸 Iceland
- Jan, Feb, Nov, DecBest monthsJun, Jul, Aug, Sep
- $85A normal day$190
- 11h 30m to BangkokNonstop from London3h 20m to Reykjavik
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaNot the draw
- Very goodCities and cultureGood
- ExceptionalFoodGood
- Very goodNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyNot the draw
- Very goodEasy to get aroundVery good
- Cheap domestic flights, sleeper trains and boats, all easyGetting aroundA hire car on the ring road, and a four wheel drive for the interior
- April, the hottest month, and the burning season in the northWhen to avoidNothing seasonally, but the highland roads are shut from roughly October to June
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 Iceland if
you want landscape above everything else, and you have accepted in advance that it costs more than anywhere else here.
Full Thailand guide →Full Iceland 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.