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Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Bangkok or Tampa?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Tampa for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Tampa’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, Tampa 70: Tampa leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Tampa 57: Bangkok leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Tampa 42: Bangkok leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Tampa 52: Bangkok leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Tampa 55: Tampa leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Tampa 54: Bangkok leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Tampa 78: Tampa leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Tampa 22: Bangkok leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Tampa 40: Bangkok leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Tampa 40: Bangkok leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Tampa 47: Bangkok leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Tampa 30: Bangkok leads by 45 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Tampa.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Tampa
49match

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

Tampa in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 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). Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokTampa
Official languageThai-
CurrencyBaht (THB)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199911
Elevation2 m30 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokTampa
City population5,676,648384,959
People per km²3,619848
Museums within 10 km596
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months8 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.