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Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho
The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bangkok or Geneva?

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
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Geneva for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Geneva’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, Geneva 45: Geneva leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Geneva 55: Bangkok leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Geneva 58: Bangkok leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Geneva 38: Bangkok leads by 47 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Geneva 82: Geneva leads by 57 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Geneva 80: Geneva leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Geneva 57: Geneva leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Geneva 86: Geneva leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Geneva 68: Bangkok leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Geneva 5: Bangkok leads by 80 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Geneva 60: Geneva leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Geneva 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 Geneva.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Geneva
57match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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). Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokGeneva
Official languageThaiFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyBaht (THB)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199112
Elevation2 m403 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokGeneva
City population5,676,648211,152
People per km²3,61913,280
Museums within 10 km5934
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.