🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates or 🇨🇴 Colombia
And what the world thinks
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates leads by 5 votes.
Which one, honestly
United Arab Emirates leads on food and getting around. Colombia leads on nature, value for money and the sea.
A normal day costs about $180 in United Arab Emirates and $75 in Colombia.
Side by side
- 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates🇨🇴 Colombia
- Nov to MarBest monthsDec to Feb, Jul to Aug
- $180A normal day$75
- 12h 45m to DubaiNonstop from New York5h 40m to Bogota
- GoodBeaches and seaVery good
- Very goodCities and cultureVery good
- Very goodFoodGood
- Not the drawNature and hikingExceptional
- Not the drawValue for moneyExceptional
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- Metro in Dubai, taxis everywhere else, a car for the mountainsGetting aroundCheap domestic flights, because the Andes make every bus ride long
- June to September, when outdoors stops being an optionWhen to avoidApril, May, October and November, the two rainy stretches
Pick by what you want
🇦🇪 Choose United Arab Emirates if
you want guaranteed winter sun, very short flights from Europe and Asia, and a city that works like clockwork.
🇨🇴 Choose Colombia if
you want coffee mountains, Caribbean coast and one of the great party cities, on a budget that goes a long way.
Full United Arab Emirates guide →Full Colombia guide →
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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.