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Wat Chiang Man in the old city, Chiang Mai
Chiang MaiWat Chiang Man in the old city
The fountain in Piazza De Ferrari, Genoa
GenoaThe fountain in Piazza De Ferrari

Photos: Chiang Mai by Gije Cho, Pexels License; Genoa by Faber1893, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Chiang Mai or Genoa?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Genoa for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Genoa’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, Genoa 62: Genoa leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Chiang Mai 78, Genoa 72: Chiang Mai leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Chiang Mai 65, Genoa 76: Genoa leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Chiang Mai 45, Genoa 42: Chiang Mai leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chiang Mai 73, Genoa 78: Genoa leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Chiang Mai 48, Genoa 83: Genoa leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Chiang Mai 55, Genoa 64: Genoa leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Chiang Mai 38, Genoa 66: Genoa leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Chiang Mai 62, Genoa 48: Chiang Mai leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Chiang Mai 90, Genoa 55: Chiang Mai leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chiang Mai 30, Genoa 52: Genoa leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chiang Mai 82, Genoa 35: Chiang Mai leads by 47 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chiang Mai and Genoa.

Your match

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

Chiang Mai
56match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

Genoa
Best match
61match

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

Genoa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Genoa 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.

Genoa's sunshine is measured 80 km from the centre, at Capo Mele.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chiang Mai: 1991-2020 normals, Chiang Mai (0.6 km from centre). Genoa: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (6.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChiang MaiGenoa
Official languageThaiItalian
CurrencyBaht (THB)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199112
Elevation310 m20 m
Main airportChiang Mai International Airport (CNX)3 km from centre28 non-stop destinationsGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)7 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureChiang MaiGenoa
City population1,198,000558,745
People per km²2,9582,325
Museums within 10 km651
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. 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.