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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Berlin or Luang Prabang?

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

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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

Choose Luang Prabang for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Luang Prabang’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, Luang Prabang 14: Berlin leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Luang Prabang 42: Berlin leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Luang Prabang 65: Berlin leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Luang Prabang 8: Berlin leads by 90 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Luang Prabang 68: Luang Prabang leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Luang Prabang 35: Berlin leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Luang Prabang 38: Berlin leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Luang Prabang 50: Berlin leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Luang Prabang 38: Berlin leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Luang Prabang 80: Luang Prabang leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Luang Prabang 18: Berlin leads by 72 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Luang Prabang 60: Luang Prabang leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Luang Prabang.

Your match

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

Berlin
Best match
69match

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

Luang Prabang
43match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors 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

Luang Prabang in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
250 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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BerlinLuang Prabang

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinLuang Prabang
Official languageGermanLao
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Lao Kip (LAK)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzABCEF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 191, ambulance 195, fire 190
Elevation34 m305 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinLuang Prabang
City population3,700,57753,792
People per km²4,153-
Museums within 10 km1570
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.