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Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho
Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bangkok or Scottsdale?

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
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Scottsdale for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Scottsdale’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, Scottsdale 8: Bangkok leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Scottsdale 46: Bangkok leads by 49 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Scottsdale 38: Bangkok leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Scottsdale 52: Bangkok leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Scottsdale 68: Scottsdale leads by 43 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Scottsdale 50: Bangkok leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Scottsdale 20: Bangkok leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Scottsdale 60: Bangkok leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Scottsdale 32: Bangkok leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Scottsdale 40: Bangkok leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Scottsdale 72: Bangkok leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Scottsdale.

Your match

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

Bangkok
Best match
63match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Scottsdale
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BangkokScottsdale

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokScottsdale
Official languageThai-
CurrencyBaht (THB)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-7
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199911
Elevation2 m380 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokScottsdale
City population5,676,648241,361
People per km²3,619-
Museums within 10 km5910
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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. 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.