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Wat Pho, Bangkok
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The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bangkok or Tromso?

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
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: Bangkok leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Tromso 36: Bangkok leads by 59 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Tromso 27: Bangkok leads by 53 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Tromso 38: Bangkok leads by 47 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 67 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Tromso 14: Bangkok leads by 58 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Tromso 45: Bangkok leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Tromso 15: Bangkok leads by 65 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Tromso 11: Bangkok leads by 74 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Tromso 32: Bangkok leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Tromso 38: Bangkok leads by 37 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Tromso.

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 shopping with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

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

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 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). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokTromso
Official languageThaiNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyBaht (THB)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation2 m20 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokTromso
City population5,676,64879,943
People per km²3,61932
Museums within 10 km598
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.