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Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Bangkok or Vienna?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Vienna for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Vienna’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, Vienna 27: Vienna leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Vienna 68: Bangkok leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Vienna 50: Bangkok leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Vienna 74: Vienna leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Vienna 62: Bangkok leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Vienna 44: Bangkok leads by 41 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Vienna 58: Bangkok leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Vienna.

Your match

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

Bangkok
63match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokVienna
Official languageThaiGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyBaht (THB)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199112
Elevation2 m151 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokVienna
City population5,676,6482,028,289
People per km²3,6194,890
Museums within 10 km59152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.