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Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho
The cathedral from Piazza del Duomo, Milan
MilanThe cathedral from Piazza del Duomo

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Milan by Jiuguang Wang, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bangkok or Milan?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Milan for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Milan’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, Milan 20: Milan leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Milan 78: Bangkok leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Milan 78: Bangkok leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Milan 66: Bangkok leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Milan 65: Milan leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Milan 91: Milan leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Milan 55: Milan leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Milan 79: Milan leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Milan 92: Milan leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Milan 33: Bangkok leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Milan 82: Milan leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Milan 42: Bangkok leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Milan.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Bangkok
63match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Milan
65match

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

Milan in July

30 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
70 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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Where the figures come from

Milan 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.

Milan's sunshine is measured 41 km from the centre, at Novara / Cameri.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Milan: 1991-2020 normals, Milano / Linate (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokMilan
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 m138 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)40 km from centre208 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokMilan
City population5,676,6481,354,196
People per km²3,6197,453
Museums within 10 km5988
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
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. 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.