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Wat Chiang Man in the old city, Chiang Mai
Chiang MaiWat Chiang Man in the old city
Nyhavn, Copenhagen
CopenhagenNyhavn

Photos: Chiang Mai by Gije Cho, Pexels License; Copenhagen by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Chiang Mai or Copenhagen?

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 Chiang Mai for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Copenhagen for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Copenhagen’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. Chiang Mai 6, Copenhagen 40: Copenhagen leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Chiang Mai 78, Copenhagen 76: Chiang Mai leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Chiang Mai 65, Copenhagen 72: Copenhagen leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Chiang Mai 45, Copenhagen 60: Copenhagen leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chiang Mai 73, Copenhagen 45: Chiang Mai leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Chiang Mai 48, Copenhagen 72: Copenhagen leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Chiang Mai 55, Copenhagen 85: Copenhagen leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Chiang Mai 38, Copenhagen 85: Copenhagen leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Chiang Mai 62, Copenhagen 70: Copenhagen leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Chiang Mai 90, Copenhagen 18: Chiang Mai leads by 72 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chiang Mai 30, Copenhagen 68: Copenhagen leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chiang Mai 82, Copenhagen 55: Chiang Mai leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chiang Mai and Copenhagen.

Your match

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

Chiang Mai
56match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Copenhagen
Best match
62match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Chiang Mai in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Copenhagen in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
17 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Chiang MaiCopenhagen

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chiang Mai: 1991-2020 normals, Chiang Mai (0.6 km from centre). Copenhagen: 1991-2020 normals, Koebenhavn / Landbohoejskolen (2.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChiang MaiCopenhagen
Official languageThaiDanish
CurrencyBaht (THB)Danish Krone (DKK)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzCEFK230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199112
Elevation310 m14 m
Main airportChiang Mai International Airport (CNX)3 km from centre28 non-stop destinationsCopenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH)8 km from centre196 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureChiang MaiCopenhagen
City population1,198,000667,099
People per km²2,9587,339
Museums within 10 km672
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.