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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
Wat Chiang Man in the old city, Chiang Mai
Chiang MaiWat Chiang Man in the old city

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Chiang Mai by Gije Cho, Pexels License.

Berlin or Chiang Mai?

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 Berlin for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • getting around

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

Choose Chiang Mai for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Chiang Mai’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. Berlin 38, Chiang Mai 6: Berlin leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Chiang Mai 78: Chiang Mai leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Chiang Mai 65: Berlin leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Chiang Mai 45: Berlin leads by 53 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Chiang Mai 73: Chiang Mai leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Chiang Mai 48: Berlin leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Chiang Mai 55: Berlin leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Chiang Mai 38: Berlin leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Chiang Mai 62: Berlin leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Chiang Mai 90: Chiang Mai leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Chiang Mai 30: Berlin leads by 60 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Chiang Mai 82: Chiang Mai leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Chiang Mai.

Your match

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

Berlin
Best match
69match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Chiang Mai
56match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Berlin in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Chiang Mai in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BerlinChiang Mai

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Chiang Mai: 1991-2020 normals, Chiang Mai (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinChiang Mai
Official languageGermanThai
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Baht (THB)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation34 m310 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsChiang Mai International Airport (CNX)3 km from centre28 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinChiang Mai
City population3,700,5771,198,000
People per km²4,1532,958
Museums within 10 km1576
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.