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Wat Pho, Bangkok
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The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License.

Bangkok or Mexico City?

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

  • wellness
  • prices
  • beaches

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

Choose Mexico City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Mexico City’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, Mexico City 5: Bangkok leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Mexico City 90: Bangkok leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Mexico City 88: Mexico City leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Mexico City 80: Bangkok leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Mexico City 50: Mexico City leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Mexico City 58: Mexico City leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Bangkok and Mexico City are level on 50.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Mexico City 76: Bangkok leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Mexico City 75: Bangkok leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Mexico City 72: Mexico City leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Mexico City 40: Bangkok leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Mexico City.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Bangkok
63match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

Mexico City
63match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 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). Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokMexico City
Official languageThaiSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyBaht (THB)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-6
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199911
Elevation2 m2,240 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokMexico City
City population5,676,6489,209,944
People per km²3,6196,202
Museums within 10 km59108
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km06
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. 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.