🇨🇷 Costa Rica or 🇨🇾 Cyprus
And what the world thinks
🇨🇾 Cyprus leads by 52 votes.
Which one, honestly
Costa Rica leads on nature. Cyprus leads on value for money, the sea and food.
A normal day costs about the same in both, around $130.
Side by side
- 🇨🇷 Costa Rica🇨🇾 Cyprus
- Dec to MarBest monthsApr to May, Sep to Oct
- $130A normal day$130
- 2h 55m from Mexico CityClosest hub1h 40m from Athens
- Very goodBeaches and seaExceptional
- Not the drawCities and cultureGood
- GoodFoodVery good
- ExceptionalNature and hikingGood
- Not the drawValue for moneyVery good
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- A hire car with clearance, the distances are short but the roads are slowGetting aroundA hire car, effectively required, there is barely any public transport
- September and October on the Caribbean side, the wettest weeks of the yearWhen to avoidJuly and August inland, when it passes 40C
Pick by what you want
🇨🇷 Choose Costa Rica if
you want wildlife above everything else, cloud forest and two oceans in one small country, and you accept it costs more than its neighbours.
🇨🇾 Choose Cyprus if
you want reliable sun and warm sea with short flights from Europe and the Gulf, and a small island you can drive across in two hours.
Full Costa Rica guide →Full Cyprus 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.