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The Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens, Adelaide
AdelaideThe Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens
Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License.

Adelaide or Bangkok?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Adelaide for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Adelaide’s own page.

Choose Bangkok for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Bangkok’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Adelaide 68, Bangkok 12: Adelaide leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, Bangkok 95: Bangkok leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Bangkok 80: Bangkok leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide 42, Bangkok 85: Bangkok leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide 66, Bangkok 25: Adelaide leads by 41 points.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, Bangkok 72: Bangkok leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Bangkok 50: Adelaide leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Bangkok 50: Adelaide leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide 44, Bangkok 80: Bangkok leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Bangkok 85: Bangkok leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Bangkok 52: Adelaide leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, Bangkok 75: Bangkok leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Bangkok.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Adelaide
56match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Bangkok
Best match
63match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Adelaide in July

16 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Bangkok in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
184 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaideBangkok
Official languageEnglishThai
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Baht (THB)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+9:30, UTC+10:30 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number000Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation1 m2 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaideBangkok
City population1,387,2905,676,648
People per km²1,0713,619
Museums within 10 km1359
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months12 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Adelaide or Bangkok somewhere new.

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.