🇨🇴 Colombia or 🇵🇭 Philippines
And what the world thinks
🇵🇭 Philippines leads by 5 votes.
Which one, honestly
Colombia leads on cities and getting around. Philippines leads on the sea.
A normal day costs about $75 in Colombia and $85 in Philippines.
Side by side
- 🇨🇴 Colombia🇵🇭 Philippines
- Dec to Feb, Jul to AugBest monthsDec to Apr
- $75A normal day$85
- 4h 20m from Mexico CityClosest hub3h 50m from Singapore
- Very goodBeaches and seaExceptional
- Very goodCities and cultureNot the draw
- GoodFoodGood
- ExceptionalNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundNot the draw
- Cheap domestic flights, because the Andes make every bus ride longGetting aroundDomestic flights and ferries, cheap but often delayed, leave slack
- April, May, October and November, the two rainy stretchesWhen to avoidThe typhoon months, roughly August to October
Pick by what you want
🇨🇴 Choose Colombia if
you want coffee mountains, Caribbean coast and one of the great party cities, on a budget that goes a long way.
🇵🇭 Choose Philippines if
you want water and islands above everything else, on a small budget, and you can handle slow travel days.
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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.