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Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

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

Bangkok or Victoria?

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
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Victoria for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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, Victoria 28: Victoria leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Victoria 50: Bangkok leads by 45 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Victoria 42: Bangkok leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Victoria 30: Bangkok leads by 55 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Victoria 77: Victoria leads by 52 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Victoria 54: Bangkok leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Victoria 62: Victoria leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Victoria 60: Victoria leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Victoria 40: Bangkok leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Victoria 34: Bangkok leads by 51 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Victoria 40: Bangkok leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Victoria 48: Bangkok leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Victoria.

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 prices with your weighting.

Victoria
47match

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

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Victoria: 1991-2020 normals, Victoria Gonzales CS (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokVictoria
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 m23 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokVictoria
City population5,676,64891,867
People per km²3,6194,711
Museums within 10 km596
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Bangkok or Victoria somewhere new.

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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.