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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License.

Alicante 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 Alicante for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Bangkok for

  • shopping
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

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. Alicante 82, Bangkok 12: Alicante leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Bangkok 95: Bangkok leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Bangkok 80: Bangkok leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Bangkok 85: Bangkok leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Bangkok 25: Alicante leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Alicante and Bangkok are level on 72.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Bangkok 50: Alicante leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Bangkok 50: Alicante leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Bangkok 80: Bangkok leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Bangkok 85: Bangkok leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Bangkok 52: Bangkok leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Bangkok 75: Bangkok leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Bangkok.

Your match

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

Alicante
59match

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

Bangkok
Best match
63match

Wins on shopping 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.

Alicante in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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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AlicanteBangkok

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteBangkok
Official languageSpanishThai
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Baht (THB)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation3 m2 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteBangkok
City population366,2215,676,648
People per km²1,8193,619
Museums within 10 km859
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months12 months

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.