By month · November 12, 2026 · US dollars

The cheapest places to go in November.

As of November 12, 2026, the cheapest countries worth visiting in November are Bolivia ($36 a day), Nepal ($48 a day), Bangladesh ($50 a day), counting only places where November is peak or shoulder season and the US advisory is Level 2 or better. For lower prices still, Bolivia, Sri Lanka, Philippines are in shoulder season that month.

01BoliviaThe salt flats, the altiplano and the Amazon at the lowest prices in South America.Shoulder$36+55.6%
02NepalThe Himalaya at teahouse prices.Peak$48+6.1%
03BangladeshRiver deltas, tea hills and the world's largest mangrove forest, with almost no other tourists.Peak$50−2.1%
04IndiaThe highest ceiling and the lowest floor in travel: nothing is cheaper, nothing is more demanding.Peak$53+4.7%
05LaosSlow rivers, karst mountains, and a currency that has lost most of its value.Peak$58−0.4%
06Sri LankaBeaches, tea country, safari and ruins inside one small island.Shoulder$61+8.7%
07CambodiaAngkor, a relaxed coast, and a dollarized economy that hides currency moves.Peak$62+0.9%
08VietnamA long, thin country that feeds you extraordinarily well for almost nothing.Peak$64−3.5%
09PhilippinesThe best beaches in Asia, behind the most tiring logistics.Shoulder$65+6.3%
10UzbekistanThe Silk Road, newly easy: visa-free entry and a bullet train between the great cities.Shoulder$65−3.4%
11AlgeriaThe largest country in Africa, with Roman cities and Saharan landscapes and almost no visitors.Peak$67+2.9%
12EgyptThe pyramids, the Nile and the Red Sea after a 2024 devaluation.Peak$69+2.8%
13TunisiaRoman ruins and Mediterranean beaches at North Africa's lowest prices.Shoulder$70+0.2%
14MoroccoA short flight from Europe to another world, with prices to match its distance.Peak$71+8.6%
15EcuadorAndes, Amazon and the Galápagos in a country the size of Colorado.Shoulder$71+1.6%
16MadagascarLemurs, baobabs and a road network that turns 300 km into two days.Shoulder$73−2.7%
17ArmeniaMonasteries on cliff edges and a café capital, still largely undiscovered.Shoulder$73−5.8%
18GeorgiaWine, mountains and a capital that punches far above its price.Shoulder$73−5.8%
19El SalvadorThe fastest safety turnaround in the hemisphere, and a surf coast priced in dollars.Peak$77+1.1%
20GhanaWest Africa's easiest introduction.Peak$79+4.5%
21ThailandThe most polished budget destination on earth: everything works, at every price point.Peak$79+5.8%
22SenegalWest Africa's most stable welcome: music, Atlantic beaches and a French-influenced kitchen.Peak$80+6.6%
23MozambiqueA thousand miles of Indian Ocean coast and very few people on it.Shoulder$91−1.9%
24BrazilA continent-sized country where the real does most of the pricing for you.Shoulder$93+4.9%
25TaiwanJapan's order and China's food, with fewer tourists than either.Peak$93+7.8%
26TürkiyeThe classic lesson in why the exchange rate alone lies: the lira falls, and prices rise faster.Shoulder$94−6.5%
27ChinaFirst-world trains, widening visa-free entry, and domestic prices that have been flat for years.Shoulder$98−3.9%
28MexicoA continent's worth of food and landscapes, with a peso that swings hard in both directions.Peak$99+1.4%
29ChileThe Atacama to Patagonia, with the best-run infrastructure on the continent.Peak$102+4.8%
30Dominican RepublicAll-inclusive economics: flights and package deals matter more than the peso.Shoulder$103−6.0%
31South AfricaFirst-world safari, wine and coast, bought with a volatile rand.Peak$103−3.9%
32HungaryA grand capital on thermal water, with a currency prone to sharp swings.Shoulder$107+0.3%
33CzechiaPrague is priced like the West; the rest of the country is not.Shoulder$108+6.4%
34TanzaniaSerengeti, Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar: bucket-list sights with bucket-list prices.Shoulder$117+7.7%
35ArgentinaOnce the definitive currency bargain, now the definitive warning.Peak$120−15.2%
36BelizeThe second-longest barrier reef on earth, in an English-speaking country.Shoulder$123+1.3%
37UruguayThe calm, costly corner of South America.Peak$124+2.2%
38CyprusYear-round sun in the eastern Mediterranean, with mountains behind the beaches.Shoulder$127+4.7%
39PortugalStill western Europe's best-value coast, though the gap has narrowed.Shoulder$127+4.9%
40Costa RicaWildlife and stability, at a price: the colón has made it Central America's most expensive stop.Shoulder$128−5.9%
41JapanThe rich country that got cheap. The yen remains far below where it sat a decade ago.Peak$131+4.9%
42MauritiusA polished Indian Ocean island that is easier and cheaper than the Maldives or Seychelles.Peak$133+2.4%
43FijiThe South Pacific's most accessible islands, from backpacker dorms to private atolls.Shoulder$133−0.3%
44ZambiaWalking safaris and Victoria Falls with a fraction of the crowds.Shoulder$136−14.3%
45NamibiaDunes, desert elephants and empty gravel roads.Shoulder$137−3.7%
46SpainWestern Europe's best value at scale: a big, easy country where lunch still costs what it should.Shoulder$138+4.4%
47South KoreaA hyper-modern country that is cheaper than its reputation.Shoulder$140−8.5%
48JamaicaBeaches, music and mountains, mostly sold as an all-inclusive.Shoulder$149−2.2%
49New ZealandTwo islands of improbable scenery, best seen slowly by road.Shoulder$157+1.4%
50ItalyThe country everyone wants to visit, priced accordingly in four cities and reasonably everywhere else.Shoulder$157+4.9%
51Hong KongA vertical city with country parks behind it, priced in a currency pegged to the dollar.Peak$164+2.6%
52BotswanaThe Okavango Delta and Chobe, run on a deliberate high-price, low-volume model.Shoulder$168−3.6%
53AustraliaA long-haul splurge that gets noticeably cheaper whenever the Australian dollar sags.Peak$190−4.8%
54United StatesFor anyone not paid in dollars, the question is always the same: how strong is the dollar this year?Shoulder$2090.0%
55MaldivesOverwater villas at any price you care to name, and guesthouse islands at a tenth of it.Shoulder$232−0.4%

Price is a modeled mid-range day per person in US dollars, excluding flights; the figure beneath it is the real 12-month change. Shoulder means workable weather and lower prices than peak. Countries at advisory Level 3 or 4 are left out.