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Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Bangkok or Wellington?

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
  • wellness
  • nightlife

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

Choose Wellington for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Wellington leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Wellington 62: Bangkok leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Wellington 44: Bangkok leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Wellington 45: Bangkok leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 53 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Wellington 40: Bangkok leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Wellington 42: Bangkok leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Wellington 33: Bangkok leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Wellington 30: Bangkok leads by 45 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Wellington.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Wellington
49match

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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokWellington
Official languageThaiEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyBaht (THB)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199111
Elevation2 m0 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokWellington
City population5,676,648216,200
People per km²3,619487
Museums within 10 km5912
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 Wellington 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.