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Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho
The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License.

Bangkok or Pisa?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Pisa for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Pisa’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, Pisa 58: Pisa leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Pisa 55: Bangkok leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Pisa 68: Bangkok leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Pisa 40: Bangkok leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Pisa 62: Pisa leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Pisa 92: Pisa leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Pisa 52: Pisa leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Pisa 76: Pisa leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Pisa 38: Bangkok leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Pisa 55: Bangkok leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Pisa 38: Bangkok leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Pisa 45: Bangkok leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Pisa.

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.

Pisa
57match

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

Pisa in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
32 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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BangkokPisa

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokPisa
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 m4 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokPisa
City population5,676,64888,737
People per km²3,619479
Museums within 10 km5927
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Bangkok or Pisa somewhere new.

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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.