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Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho
Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License.

Bangkok or La Spezia?

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

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • wellness

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

Choose La Spezia for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on La Spezia’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, La Spezia 60: La Spezia leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, La Spezia 58: Bangkok leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, La Spezia 40: Bangkok leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, La Spezia 28: Bangkok leads by 57 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, La Spezia 79: La Spezia leads by 54 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, La Spezia 87: La Spezia leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, La Spezia 48: Bangkok leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, La Spezia 70: La Spezia leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, La Spezia 35: Bangkok leads by 45 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, La Spezia 50: Bangkok leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, La Spezia 28: Bangkok leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, La Spezia 32: Bangkok leads by 43 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and La Spezia.

Your match

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

Bangkok
Best match
63match

Wins on nightlife and shopping with your weighting.

La Spezia
51match

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

La Spezia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
20 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

La Spezia's temperatures are measured 65 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

La Spezia has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). La Spezia: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (64.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokLa Spezia
Official languageThaiItalian
CurrencyBaht (THB)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199112
Elevation2 m3 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokLa Spezia
City population5,676,64892,119
People per km²3,6191,792
Museums within 10 km5912
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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.