🇹🇷 Türkiye or 🇹🇭 Thailand
Which one, honestly
Türkiye leads on cities. Thailand leads on the sea.
A normal day costs about $90 in Türkiye and $85 in Thailand.
Side by side
- 🇹🇷 Türkiye🇹🇭 Thailand
- Apr, May, Sep, OctBest monthsJan, Feb, Nov, Dec
- $90A normal day$85
- 4h to IstanbulNonstop from London11h 30m to Bangkok
- Very goodBeaches and seaExceptional
- ExceptionalCities and cultureVery good
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- Very goodNature and hikingVery good
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- Very goodEasy to get aroundVery good
- Cheap domestic flights and long distance buses, both goodGetting aroundCheap domestic flights, sleeper trains and boats, all easy
- Istanbul in August, and the coast at the peak of the school holidaysWhen to avoidApril, the hottest month, and the burning season in the north
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 Thailand if
you want your money to go a very long way, with beaches and food, and you do not mind heat.
Full Türkiye guide →Full Thailand guide →
And what the world thinks
🇹🇷 Türkiye leads by 1 vote.
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