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Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bangkok or Toronto?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Toronto for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Toronto 70: Bangkok leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Toronto 50: Bangkok leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Toronto 62: Bangkok leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Toronto 52: Toronto leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Toronto 50: Bangkok leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Toronto 66: Bangkok leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Toronto 34: Bangkok leads by 51 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Toronto 33: Bangkok leads by 42 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Toronto.

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.

Toronto
55match

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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BangkokToronto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokToronto
Official languageThaiFrench, English
CurrencyBaht (THB)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
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 m76 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokToronto
City population5,676,6482,794,356
People per km²3,6194,434
Museums within 10 km5932
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months1 month

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.