🇹🇷 Türkiye or 🇲🇽 Mexico
Which one, honestly
Türkiye leads on value for money and getting around. Mexico leads on the sea.
A normal day costs about $90 in Türkiye and $95 in Mexico.
Side by side
- 🇹🇷 Türkiye🇲🇽 Mexico
- Apr, May, Sep, OctBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Nov, Dec
- $90A normal day$95
- 4h to IstanbulNonstop from London11h 45m to Mexico City
- Very goodBeaches and seaExceptional
- ExceptionalCities and cultureExceptional
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- Very goodNature and hikingVery good
- ExceptionalValue for moneyVery good
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- Cheap domestic flights and long distance buses, both goodGetting aroundComfortable long distance buses and cheap domestic flights
- Istanbul in August, and the coast at the peak of the school holidaysWhen to avoidThe Caribbean coast in September and October, peak hurricane season
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 Mexico if
you want one of the great food countries, ruins and two very different coastlines, without European prices.
Full Türkiye guide →Full Mexico guide →
And what the world thinks
🇹🇷 Türkiye leads by 1 vote.
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