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Wat Pho, Bangkok
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The Colosseum, Rome
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Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Rome by Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bangkok or Rome?

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 Rome for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Rome’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, Rome 50: Rome leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Rome 82: Bangkok leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Rome 99: Rome leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Rome 58: Bangkok leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Rome 58: Rome leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Rome 92: Rome leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Bangkok and Rome are level on 50.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Rome 60: Rome leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Rome 72: Bangkok leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Rome 38: Bangkok leads by 47 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Rome 68: Rome leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Rome 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 Rome.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Rome
64match

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

Rome in July

31 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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

Rome's sunshine is measured 31 km from the centre, at Vigna Di Valle.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Rome: 1991-2020 normals, Roma / Ciampino (15.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokRome
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 m21 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsRome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO)23 km from centre242 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokRome
City population5,676,6482,748,109
People per km²3,6192,135
Museums within 10 km59178
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km07
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.