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A canal bridge in autumn, Amsterdam
AmsterdamA canal bridge in autumn
The white temple of Wat Kaew Korawaram in Krabi Town, Krabi
KrabiThe white temple of Wat Kaew Korawaram in Krabi Town

Photos: Amsterdam by Hans, Pexels License; Krabi by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amsterdam or Krabi?

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 Amsterdam for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Krabi for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Krabi’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. Amsterdam 25, Krabi 87: Krabi leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Amsterdam 58, Krabi 50: Amsterdam leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Amsterdam 82, Krabi 20: Amsterdam leads by 62 points.
Nightlife. Amsterdam 77, Krabi 33: Amsterdam leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amsterdam 47, Krabi 85: Krabi leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Amsterdam 87, Krabi 40: Amsterdam leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Amsterdam 72, Krabi 55: Amsterdam leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Amsterdam 86, Krabi 30: Amsterdam leads by 56 points.
Shopping & style. Amsterdam 68, Krabi 20: Amsterdam leads by 48 points.
Affordability. Amsterdam 22, Krabi 78: Krabi leads by 56 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amsterdam 78, Krabi 12: Amsterdam leads by 66 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amsterdam 42, Krabi 72: Krabi leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amsterdam and Krabi.

Your match

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

Amsterdam
Best match
62match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Krabi
49match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Amsterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Krabi in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
212 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Amsterdam has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Amsterdam's sunshine is measured 35 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Krabi's temperatures are measured 67 km from the centre, at Phuket Airport.

Krabi has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amsterdam: 1991-2020 normals, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (12 km from centre). Krabi: 1991-2020 normals, Phuket Airport (66.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmsterdamKrabi
Official languageDutchThai
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
Elevation-2 m16 m
Main airportAmsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)12 km from centre287 non-stop destinationsKrabi International Airport (KBV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAmsterdamKrabi
City population921,46830,499
People per km²4,208-
Museums within 10 km1010
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.