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Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho
The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bangkok or Montpellier?

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
  • shopping
  • wellness

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

Choose Montpellier for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Montpellier’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, Montpellier 64: Montpellier leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Montpellier 64: Bangkok leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Montpellier 60: Bangkok leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Montpellier 56: Bangkok leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Montpellier 72: Montpellier leads by 47 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Montpellier 85: Montpellier leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Montpellier 62: Montpellier leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Montpellier 74: Montpellier leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Montpellier 47: Bangkok leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Montpellier 50: Bangkok leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Montpellier 63: Montpellier leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Montpellier 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 Montpellier.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Bangkok
63match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

Montpellier
62match

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

Montpellier in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
17 mmrain in the month
11 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokMontpellier
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 m7 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokMontpellier
City population5,676,648310,240
People per km²3,6195,452
Museums within 10 km5914
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months2 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.