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Wat Chiang Man in the old city, Chiang Mai
Chiang MaiWat Chiang Man in the old city
The wide beach and its hotels in morning light, Daytona Beach
Daytona BeachThe wide beach and its hotels in morning light

Photos: Chiang Mai by Gije Cho, Pexels License; Daytona Beach by Han Zheng, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Chiang Mai or Daytona Beach?

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

  • wellness
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Daytona Beach for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Daytona Beach’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, Daytona Beach 80: Daytona Beach leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Chiang Mai 78, Daytona Beach 36: Chiang Mai leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Chiang Mai 65, Daytona Beach 30: Chiang Mai leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Chiang Mai 45, Daytona Beach 40: Chiang Mai leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chiang Mai 73, Daytona Beach 56: Chiang Mai leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Chiang Mai 48, Daytona Beach 66: Daytona Beach leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Chiang Mai 55, Daytona Beach 60: Daytona Beach leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Chiang Mai 38, Daytona Beach 18: Chiang Mai leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Chiang Mai 62, Daytona Beach 27: Chiang Mai leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Chiang Mai 90, Daytona Beach 46: Chiang Mai leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chiang Mai and Daytona Beach are level on 30.
Wellness & relaxation. Chiang Mai 82, Daytona Beach 30: Chiang Mai leads by 52 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chiang Mai and Daytona Beach.

Your match

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

Chiang Mai
Best match
56match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

Daytona Beach
43match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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

Daytona Beach in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Chiang MaiDaytona Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chiang Mai: 1991-2020 normals, Chiang Mai (0.6 km from centre). Daytona Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Daytona Beach / Mansfield Mobile Home Park (4.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChiang MaiDaytona Beach
Official languageThai-
CurrencyBaht (THB)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199911
Elevation310 m4 m
Main airportChiang Mai International Airport (CNX)3 km from centre28 non-stop destinationsDaytona Beach International Airport (DAB)5 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureChiang MaiDaytona Beach
City population1,198,00072,647
People per km²2,958440
Museums within 10 km66
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-9 months

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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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.