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Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho
The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License.

Bangkok or Berlin?

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 Bangkok for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • wellness

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

Choose Berlin for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Berlin’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. Bangkok 12, Berlin 38: Berlin leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Berlin 66: Bangkok leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Berlin 86: Berlin leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Berlin 98: Berlin leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Berlin 50: Berlin leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Berlin 66: Bangkok leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Berlin 76: Berlin leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Berlin 82: Berlin leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Berlin 68: Bangkok leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Berlin 48: Bangkok leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Berlin 90: Berlin leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Berlin 55: Bangkok leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Berlin.

Your match

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

Bangkok
63match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Berlin
Best match
69match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Berlin in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BangkokBerlin

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokBerlin
Official languageThaiGerman
CurrencyBaht (THB)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199112
Elevation2 m34 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-10 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokBerlin
City population5,676,6483,700,577
People per km²3,6194,153
Museums within 10 km59157
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.