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Wat Pho, Bangkok
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Minato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock, Yokohama
YokohamaMinato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Yokohama by Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Bangkok or Yokohama?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Yokohama for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Yokohama’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, Yokohama 46: Yokohama leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Yokohama 72: Bangkok leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Yokohama 55: Bangkok leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Yokohama 44: Bangkok leads by 41 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Yokohama 66: Yokohama leads by 41 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Yokohama 87: Yokohama leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Yokohama 60: Bangkok leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Yokohama 55: Bangkok leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Yokohama 56: Yokohama leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Yokohama 60: Bangkok leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Yokohama.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Bangkok
63match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Yokohama
64match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Yokohama in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Yokohama's sunshine is measured 29 km from the centre, at Tokyo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Yokohama: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Yokohama (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokYokohama
Official languageThaiJapanese
CurrencyBaht (THB)Yen (JPY)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199Police 110, fire 119
Elevation2 m24 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokYokohama
City population5,676,6483,757,630
People per km²3,6198,585
Museums within 10 km5938
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 months

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.