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Wat Chiang Man in the old city, Chiang Mai
Chiang MaiWat Chiang Man in the old city
Colourful houses along the Inn, Innsbruck
InnsbruckColourful houses along the Inn

Photos: Chiang Mai by Gije Cho, Pexels License; Innsbruck by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License.

Chiang Mai or Innsbruck?

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
  • food and drink
  • wellness

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

Choose Innsbruck for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Innsbruck’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, Innsbruck 20: Innsbruck leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Chiang Mai 78, Innsbruck 40: Chiang Mai leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Chiang Mai 65, Innsbruck 58: Chiang Mai leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Chiang Mai 45, Innsbruck 38: Chiang Mai leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chiang Mai 73, Innsbruck 96: Innsbruck leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Chiang Mai 48, Innsbruck 72: Innsbruck leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Chiang Mai 55, Innsbruck 62: Innsbruck leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Chiang Mai 38, Innsbruck 78: Innsbruck leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Chiang Mai 62, Innsbruck 38: Chiang Mai leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Chiang Mai 90, Innsbruck 38: Chiang Mai leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chiang Mai 30, Innsbruck 45: Innsbruck leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chiang Mai 82, Innsbruck 45: Chiang Mai leads by 37 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chiang Mai and Innsbruck.

Your match

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

Chiang Mai
Best match
56match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Innsbruck
53match

Wins on getting around 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
13 hdaylight a day

Innsbruck in July

26 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
129 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Chiang MaiInnsbruck

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chiang Mai: 1991-2020 normals, Chiang Mai (0.6 km from centre). Innsbruck: 1991-2020 normals, Innsbruck-Flughafen (3.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChiang MaiInnsbruck
Official languageThaiGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyBaht (THB)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199112
Elevation310 m574 m
Main airportChiang Mai International Airport (CNX)3 km from centre28 non-stop destinationsInnsbruck Airport (INN)4 km from centre40 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureChiang MaiInnsbruck
City population1,198,000132,499
People per km²2,9581,263
Museums within 10 km628
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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. 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.