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Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho
The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bangkok or Brisbane?

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
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Brisbane for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Brisbane’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, Brisbane 55: Brisbane leads by 43 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Brisbane 60: Bangkok leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Brisbane 42: Bangkok leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Brisbane 55: Bangkok leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Brisbane 74: Brisbane leads by 49 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Brisbane 50: Bangkok leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Brisbane 78: Brisbane leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Brisbane 62: Brisbane leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Brisbane 45: Bangkok leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Brisbane 33: Bangkok leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Brisbane 55: Brisbane leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Brisbane 40: Bangkok leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Brisbane.

Your match

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

Bangkok
Best match
63match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Brisbane
54match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches 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

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 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. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokBrisbane
Official languageThaiEnglish
CurrencyBaht (THB)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+10
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199000
Elevation2 m0 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokBrisbane
City population5,676,6482,706,966
People per km²3,619171
Museums within 10 km5916
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months9 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. 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.