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Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho
La Major cathedral from the harbour, Marseille
MarseilleLa Major cathedral from the harbour

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Marseille by Charlotte Noblet, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bangkok or Marseille?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Marseille for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Marseille’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, Marseille 72: Marseille leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Marseille 67: Bangkok leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Marseille 63: Bangkok leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Marseille 57: Bangkok leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Marseille 83: Marseille leads by 58 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Marseille 86: Marseille leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Bangkok and Marseille are level on 50.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Marseille 57: Marseille leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Marseille 47: Bangkok leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Marseille 45: Bangkok leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Marseille 56: Marseille leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Marseille 37: Bangkok leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Marseille.

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.

Marseille
60match

Wins on beaches 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

Marseille in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BangkokMarseille

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Marseille: 1991-2020 normals, Marseille / Marignane (20.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokMarseille
Official languageThaiFrench
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 m0 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)21 km from centre126 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokMarseille
City population5,676,648886,040
People per km²3,6193,683
Museums within 10 km5927
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months2 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.