Photos: Calgary by abdallahh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Krabi by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.
Calgary or Krabi?
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 Calgary for
- live music and the arts
- shopping
- culture and sights
What lies behind each score is written up on Calgary’s own page.
Scoreboard
Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Calgary and Krabi.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on live music and the arts and shopping with your weighting.
Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.
What matters to you?
When should you go?
Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.
Calgary in July
Krabi in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
Where the figures come from
Krabi's temperatures are measured 67 km from the centre, at Phuket Airport.
Krabi has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.
Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Calgary: 1991-2020 normals, Calgary Int'l CS (8.2 km from centre). Krabi: 1991-2020 normals, Phuket Airport (66.6 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Calgary | Krabi |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | French, English | Thai |
| Currency | Canadian Dollar (CAD) | Baht (THB) |
| Sockets | AB120 V, 60 Hz | ABCF220 V, 50 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Left |
| Time zone | UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer | UTC+7 |
| Emergency number | 911 | Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199 |
| Elevation | 1,045 m | 16 m |
| Main airport | Calgary International Airport (YYC)9 km from centre103 non-stop destinations | Krabi International Airport (KBV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 13 days | - |
By the numbers
| Measure | Calgary | Krabi |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 1,306,784 | 30,499 |
| People per km² | 1,583 | - |
| Museums within 10 km | 13 | 0 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 0 | 0 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | - | 12 months |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Calgary or Krabi somewhere new.