🇱🇰 Sri Lanka or 🇲🇽 Mexico
And what the world thinks
Dead even. The next vote breaks the tie.
Which one, honestly
Sri Lanka leads on nature and value for money. Mexico leads on cities.
A normal day costs about $70 in Sri Lanka and $95 in Mexico.
Side by side
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka🇲🇽 Mexico
- Dec to MarBest monthsNov to Mar
- $70A normal day$95
- 11h to ColomboNonstop from London11h 45m to Mexico City
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaExceptional
- Not the drawCities and cultureExceptional
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- ExceptionalNature and hikingVery good
- ExceptionalValue for moneyVery good
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- A car with driver is the norm, and the hill country train is worth a slow dayGetting aroundComfortable long distance buses and cheap domestic flights
- The southwest in May and June, and the east from October to DecemberWhen to avoidThe Caribbean coast in September and October, peak hurricane season
Pick by what you want
🇱🇰 Choose Sri Lanka if
you want beaches, tea mountains, safari and ruins inside one small island, on a very small budget.
🇲🇽 Choose Mexico if
you want one of the great food countries, ruins and two very different coastlines, without European prices.
Full Sri Lanka guide →Full Mexico 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.