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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
Wat Chiang Man in the old city, Chiang Mai
Chiang MaiWat Chiang Man in the old city

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Chiang Mai by Gije Cho, Pexels License.

Bordeaux 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 Bordeaux for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Bordeaux’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. Bordeaux 50, Chiang Mai 6: Bordeaux leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Bordeaux and Chiang Mai are level on 78.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, Chiang Mai 65: Bordeaux leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, Chiang Mai 45: Bordeaux leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, Chiang Mai 73: Chiang Mai leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, Chiang Mai 48: Bordeaux leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, Chiang Mai 55: Bordeaux leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, Chiang Mai 38: Bordeaux leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, Chiang Mai 62: Chiang Mai leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, Chiang Mai 90: Chiang Mai leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux 55, Chiang Mai 30: Bordeaux leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux 40, Chiang Mai 82: Chiang Mai leads by 42 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bordeaux and Chiang Mai.

Your match

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

Bordeaux
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and getting around 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.

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
15 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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BordeauxChiang Mai

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre). Chiang Mai: 1991-2020 normals, Chiang Mai (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxChiang Mai
Official languageFrenchThai
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Baht (THB)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation1 m310 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsChiang Mai International Airport (CNX)3 km from centre28 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxChiang Mai
City population267,9911,198,000
People per km²5,4252,958
Museums within 10 km186
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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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.