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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License.

Austin 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 Austin for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

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

Choose Bangkok for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Austin 30, Bangkok 12: Austin leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Bangkok 95: Bangkok leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Bangkok 80: Bangkok leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Bangkok 85: Bangkok leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Bangkok 25: Austin leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Bangkok 72: Bangkok leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Bangkok 50: Austin leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Bangkok 50: Bangkok leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Bangkok 80: Bangkok leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Bangkok 85: Bangkok leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Bangkok 52: Austin leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 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: Austin and Bangkok.

Your match

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

Austin
50match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Bangkok
Best match
63match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinBangkok
Official language-Thai
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Baht (THB)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number911Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation149 m2 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAustinBangkok
City population961,8555,676,648
People per km²1,2173,619
Museums within 10 km2159
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.