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Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho
Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License.

Bangkok or Strasbourg?

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
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Strasbourg for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Strasbourg’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, Strasbourg 10: Bangkok leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Strasbourg 66: Bangkok leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Strasbourg 70: Bangkok leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Strasbourg 40: Bangkok leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Strasbourg 62: Strasbourg leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Strasbourg 80: Strasbourg leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Strasbourg 79: Strasbourg leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Strasbourg 52: Bangkok leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Strasbourg 44: Bangkok leads by 41 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Strasbourg 56: Strasbourg leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Strasbourg 55: Bangkok leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Strasbourg.

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 prices with your weighting.

Strasbourg
57match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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

Strasbourg in July

26 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BangkokStrasbourg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokStrasbourg
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 m132 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokStrasbourg
City population5,676,648293,771
People per km²3,6193,752
Museums within 10 km5921
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.