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The Château Grimaldi, home of the Musée Picasso, on the sea walls, Antibes
AntibesThe Château Grimaldi, home of the Musée Picasso, on the sea walls
Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho

Photos: Antibes by Johan Allard, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License.

Antibes 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 Antibes for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Bangkok for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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. Antibes 80, Bangkok 12: Antibes leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Antibes 50, Bangkok 95: Bangkok leads by 45 points.
Culture & sights. Antibes 42, Bangkok 80: Bangkok leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Antibes 40, Bangkok 85: Bangkok leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antibes 70, Bangkok 25: Antibes leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Antibes 88, Bangkok 72: Antibes leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Antibes 55, Bangkok 50: Antibes leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Antibes 62, Bangkok 50: Antibes leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Antibes 35, Bangkok 80: Bangkok leads by 45 points.
Affordability. Antibes 30, Bangkok 85: Bangkok leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antibes 35, Bangkok 52: Bangkok leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antibes 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: Antibes and Bangkok.

Your match

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

Antibes
52match

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

Bangkok
Best match
63match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Antibes in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °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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AntibesBangkok

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antibes: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (9.9 km from centre). Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntibesBangkok
Official languageFrenchThai
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Baht (THB)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation0 m2 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)11 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAntibesBangkok
City population77,6375,676,648
People per km²2,9303,619
Museums within 10 km1459
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 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). 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.