Mexico
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Votes for MexicoThe short answer
November to April is dry almost everywhere. Mexico City is pleasant all year, the coasts are the ones with a real season.
Cancun is not Mexico. Oaxaca, Mexico City and the Yucatan interior are where the food and the ruins are, and they cost a fraction as much.
When to go
Best months: Nov to Mar
What a day costs
Per person, not counting flights.
- Hostel bed$15
- Tacos and markets$10
- Buses and metro$10
- Hotel$50
- Eating out$25
- Buses and taxis$20
- Good hotel$150
- Restaurants$55
- Flights and drivers$35
What your whole trip would cost
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Votes for MexicoHow far it is
- New York to Mexico City5h 15m
- Madrid to Mexico City12h 15m
- London to Mexico City11h 45m
- Getting aroundComfortable long distance buses and cheap domestic flights
- When to avoidThe Caribbean coast in September and October, peak hurricane season
Nonstop times from a few big hubs, to give you a sense of the distance. We have no idea which airport you are actually leaving from. Fares move weekly, so we leave those out.
When you land
- Airport to townUse the authorised taxi desks inside the terminal or a ride app. The metro does reach the airport but not with luggage.
- Cash or cardCards in cities, cash for markets and street food. Withdraw from machines inside bank branches.
- Getting onlineTelcel has the coverage, and a SIM from any Oxxo costs almost nothing.
- What catches people outCard machines that offer to charge you in your own currency. Always decline and pay in pesos.
What not to miss in Mexico
- Tacos al pastor, standing up, after darkThe spit turning at the front is the whole point. Two dollars for four.
- A ruin that is not Chichen ItzaPalenque in the jungle, or Monte Alban above Oaxaca. Same scale, a tenth of the people.
- Mexico City for a whole weekOne of the great cities on earth, and still cheaper than almost any European capital.
- A cenote with nobody in itSkip the ones with highway signs. Ask locally and you will swim alone.
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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.