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Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho
The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Hamburg by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License.

Bangkok or Hamburg?

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 Hamburg for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Hamburg’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, Hamburg 28: Hamburg leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Hamburg 55: Bangkok leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Hamburg 62: Bangkok leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Hamburg 76: Bangkok leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Hamburg 52: Hamburg leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Hamburg 70: Bangkok leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Hamburg 74: Hamburg leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Hamburg 65: Bangkok leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Hamburg 38: Bangkok leads by 47 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Hamburg 44: Bangkok leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Hamburg.

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 food and drink with your weighting.

Hamburg
60match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BangkokHamburg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokHamburg
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 m6 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-10 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokHamburg
City population5,676,6481,869,473
People per km²3,6192,476
Museums within 10 km5977
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.