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Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

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

Bangkok or Toulouse?

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

  • wellness
  • prices
  • shopping

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Toulouse’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, Toulouse 10: Bangkok leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Toulouse 66: Bangkok leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Toulouse 64: Bangkok leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Toulouse 56: Bangkok leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Bangkok and Toulouse are level on 72.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Toulouse 62: Toulouse leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Toulouse 50: Bangkok leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Toulouse 46: Bangkok leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Toulouse 27: Bangkok leads by 48 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Bangkok
Best match
63match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

Toulouse
53match

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

Toulouse in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
40 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BangkokToulouse

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokToulouse
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 m115 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokToulouse
City population5,676,648514,819
People per km²3,6194,352
Museums within 10 km5924
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.