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Wat Pho, Bangkok
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The Atomium, Brussels
BrusselsThe Atomium

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

Bangkok or Brussels?

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
  • wellness
  • nightlife

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

Choose Brussels for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Brussels’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, Brussels 18: Brussels leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Brussels 72: Bangkok leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Brussels 74: Bangkok leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Brussels 60: Bangkok leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Brussels 45: Brussels leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Brussels 89: Brussels leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Brussels 60: Brussels leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Brussels 72: Brussels leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Brussels 62: Bangkok leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Brussels 40: Bangkok leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Brussels 68: Brussels leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Brussels 33: Bangkok leads by 42 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Brussels.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Brussels
58match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors 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

Brussels in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Brussels: 1991-2020 normals, Uccle (5.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokBrussels
Official languageThaiFrench, German, Dutch
CurrencyBaht (THB)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199112
Elevation2 m70 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsBrussels Airport (BRU)11 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokBrussels
City population5,676,648195,546
People per km²3,6195,908
Museums within 10 km59106
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km010
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.