🇹🇷 Türkiye or 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Which one, honestly
Türkiye leads on cities and getting around. Sri Lanka leads on the sea and nature.
A normal day costs about $90 in Türkiye and $70 in Sri Lanka.
Side by side
- 🇹🇷 Türkiye🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- Apr, May, Sep, OctBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Dec
- $90A normal day$70
- 4h to IstanbulNonstop from London11h to Colombo
- Very goodBeaches and seaExceptional
- ExceptionalCities and cultureNot the draw
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- Very goodNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- Cheap domestic flights and long distance buses, both goodGetting aroundA car with driver is the norm, and the hill country train is worth a slow day
- Istanbul in August, and the coast at the peak of the school holidaysWhen to avoidThe southwest in May and June, and the east from October to December
Pick by what you want
🇹🇷 Choose Türkiye if
you want a city that has been the centre of everything for two thousand years, with a coastline attached to it, on a small budget.
🇱🇰 Choose Sri Lanka if
you want beaches, tea mountains, safari and ruins inside one small island, on a very small budget.
Full Türkiye guide →Full Sri Lanka guide →
And what the world thinks
🇹🇷 Türkiye leads by 1 vote.
Compare something else
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.