🇲🇽 Mexico or 🇲🇾 Malaysia
And what the world thinks
🇲🇾 Malaysia leads by 5 votes.
Which one, honestly
Mexico leads on the sea and cities. Malaysia leads on nature, value for money and getting around.
A normal day costs about $95 in Mexico and $75 in Malaysia.
Side by side
- 🇲🇽 Mexico🇲🇾 Malaysia
- Nov to MarBest monthsJan to Mar
- $95A normal day$75
- 11h 45m to Mexico CityNonstop from London13h to Kuala Lumpur
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaVery good
- ExceptionalCities and cultureVery good
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- Very goodNature and hikingExceptional
- Very goodValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundVery good
- Comfortable long distance buses and cheap domestic flightsGetting aroundCheap flights, good trains and buses, one of the easiest countries in Asia
- The Caribbean coast in September and October, peak hurricane seasonWhen to avoidThe east coast islands from November to February, when most of them close
Pick by what you want
🇲🇽 Choose Mexico if
you want one of the great food countries, ruins and two very different coastlines, without European prices.
🇲🇾 Choose Malaysia if
you want Thailand's food and beaches with a fraction of the crowds, and everything running slightly more smoothly.
Full Mexico guide →Full Malaysia 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.