🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates or 🇵🇹 Portugal
And what the world thinks
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates leads by 5 votes.
Which one, honestly
Portugal leads on nature, value for money and the sea.
A normal day costs about $180 in United Arab Emirates and $130 in Portugal.
Side by side
- 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates🇵🇹 Portugal
- Nov to MarBest monthsApr to Jun, Sep to Oct
- $180A normal day$130
- 12h 45m to DubaiNonstop from New York6h 50m to Lisbon
- GoodBeaches and seaVery good
- Very goodCities and cultureVery good
- Very goodFoodVery good
- Not the drawNature and hikingVery good
- Not the drawValue for moneyVery good
- Very goodEasy to get aroundVery good
- Metro in Dubai, taxis everywhere else, a car for the mountainsGetting aroundCheap trains along the coast, a car for the wine country
- June to September, when outdoors stops being an optionWhen to avoidThe Algarve in August, when it fills up and doubles in price
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 Portugal if
you want Europe on a smaller budget, with the ocean, and you do not mind cool water.
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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.