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Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bangkok or Zagreb?

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

  • wellness
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Zagreb for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Zagreb’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, Zagreb 10: Bangkok leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Zagreb 55: Bangkok leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Zagreb 56: Bangkok leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Zagreb 47: Bangkok leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Zagreb 62: Zagreb leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Zagreb 60: Bangkok leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Zagreb 52: Zagreb leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Zagreb 70: Zagreb leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Zagreb 40: Bangkok leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Zagreb 60: Bangkok leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok and Zagreb are level on 52.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Zagreb 33: Bangkok leads by 42 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Zagreb.

Your match

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

Bangkok
Best match
63match

Wins on wellness and food and drink with your weighting.

Zagreb
50match

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

Zagreb in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokZagreb
Official languageThaiCroatian
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 m127 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokZagreb
City population5,676,648767,131
People per km²3,619-
Museums within 10 km5927
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.