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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 Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Adelaide or Luang Prabang?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Luang Prabang for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Luang Prabang’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, Luang Prabang 14: Adelaide leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, Luang Prabang 42: Adelaide leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Luang Prabang 65: Luang Prabang leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide 42, Luang Prabang 8: Adelaide leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide 66, Luang Prabang 68: Luang Prabang leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, Luang Prabang 35: Adelaide leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Luang Prabang 38: Adelaide leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Luang Prabang 50: Adelaide leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide 44, Luang Prabang 38: Adelaide leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Luang Prabang 80: Luang Prabang leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Luang Prabang 18: Adelaide leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, Luang Prabang 60: Luang Prabang leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Luang Prabang.

Your match

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

Adelaide
Best match
56match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Luang Prabang
43match

Wins on prices and wellness 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

Luang Prabang in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
250 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AdelaideLuang Prabang

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaideLuang Prabang
Official languageEnglishLao
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Lao Kip (LAK)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzABCEF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9:30, UTC+10:30 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number000Police 191, ambulance 195, fire 190
Elevation1 m305 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaideLuang Prabang
City population1,387,29053,792
People per km²1,071-
Museums within 10 km130
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months-

Where else could you go?

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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.