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Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Vancouver by Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bangkok or Vancouver?

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
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Vancouver for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Vancouver 72: Bangkok leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Vancouver 42: Bangkok leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Vancouver 42: Bangkok leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 72 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Vancouver 45: Bangkok leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Vancouver 73: Vancouver leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Vancouver 55: Bangkok leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Vancouver 27: Bangkok leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok and Vancouver are level on 52.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Vancouver 50: Bangkok leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Vancouver.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Vancouver
56match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches 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

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 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). Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokVancouver
Official languageThaiFrench, English
CurrencyBaht (THB)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199911
Elevation2 m2 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokVancouver
City population5,676,648662,248
People per km²3,6195,759
Museums within 10 km5926
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. 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.