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Wat Chiang Man in the old city, Chiang Mai
Chiang MaiWat Chiang Man in the old city
Patrika Gate, Jaipur
JaipurPatrika Gate

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

Chiang Mai or Jaipur?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Jaipur for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Jaipur’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, Jaipur 3: Chiang Mai leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Chiang Mai 78, Jaipur 66: Chiang Mai leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Chiang Mai 65, Jaipur 80: Jaipur leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Chiang Mai 45, Jaipur 25: Chiang Mai leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chiang Mai 73, Jaipur 38: Chiang Mai leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Chiang Mai 48, Jaipur 55: Jaipur leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Chiang Mai 55, Jaipur 25: Chiang Mai leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Chiang Mai 38, Jaipur 30: Chiang Mai leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Chiang Mai 62, Jaipur 74: Jaipur leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Chiang Mai 90, Jaipur 88: Chiang Mai leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chiang Mai 30, Jaipur 35: Jaipur leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chiang Mai 82, Jaipur 28: Chiang Mai leads by 54 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chiang Mai and Jaipur.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Jaipur
46match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping 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

Jaipur in July

36 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
195 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Jaipur 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. Chiang Mai: 1991-2020 normals, Chiang Mai (0.6 km from centre). Jaipur: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Jaipur / Sanganer (11.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChiang MaiJaipur
Official languageThaiHindi, English
CurrencyBaht (THB)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+5:30
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199108 or 112
Elevation310 m431 m
Main airportChiang Mai International Airport (CNX)3 km from centre28 non-stop destinationsJaipur International Airport (JAI)10 km from centre27 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureChiang MaiJaipur
City population1,198,0003,073,350
People per km²2,958-
Museums within 10 km66
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03

Where else could you go?

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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. 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.