🇮🇸 Iceland or 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
And what the world thinks
Dead even. The next vote breaks the tie.
Which one, honestly
Iceland leads on getting around and cities. Sri Lanka leads on the sea, value for money and food.
A normal day costs about $190 in Iceland and $70 in Sri Lanka.
Side by side
- 🇮🇸 Iceland🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- Jun to SepBest monthsDec to Mar
- $190A normal day$70
- 3h 20m to ReykjavikNonstop from London11h to Colombo
- Not the drawBeaches and seaExceptional
- GoodCities and cultureNot the draw
- GoodFoodExceptional
- ExceptionalNature and hikingExceptional
- Not the drawValue for moneyExceptional
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- A hire car on the ring road, and a four wheel drive for the interiorGetting aroundA car with driver is the norm, and the hill country train is worth a slow day
- Nothing seasonally, but the highland roads are shut from roughly October to JuneWhen to avoidThe southwest in May and June, and the east from October to December
Pick by what you want
🇮🇸 Choose Iceland if
you want landscape above everything else, and you have accepted in advance that it costs more than anywhere else here.
🇱🇰 Choose Sri Lanka if
you want beaches, tea mountains, safari and ruins inside one small island, on a very small budget.
Full Iceland guide →Full Sri Lanka 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.