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Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Bangkok or Ushuaia?

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
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Ushuaia’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, Ushuaia 3: Bangkok leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Ushuaia 40: Bangkok leads by 55 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Ushuaia 22: Bangkok leads by 58 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Ushuaia 18: Bangkok leads by 67 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 63 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Ushuaia 14: Bangkok leads by 58 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Ushuaia 40: Bangkok leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Ushuaia 45: Bangkok leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Ushuaia 22: Bangkok leads by 58 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Ushuaia 42: Bangkok leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Ushuaia 10: Bangkok leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Ushuaia 26: Bangkok leads by 49 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Ushuaia.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Ushuaia
31match

Wins on 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

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
No seasea
8 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BangkokUshuaia

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokUshuaia
Official languageThaiSpanish
CurrencyBaht (THB)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199117 or 911
Elevation2 m23 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokUshuaia
City population5,676,64882,615
People per km²3,6193,592
Museums within 10 km595
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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. 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.