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Wat Chiang Man in the old city, Chiang Mai
Chiang MaiWat Chiang Man in the old city
The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign

Photos: Chiang Mai by Gije Cho, Pexels License; Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Chiang Mai or Las Vegas?

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
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Las Vegas for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Las Vegas’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, Las Vegas 10: Las Vegas leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Chiang Mai 78, Las Vegas 68: Chiang Mai leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Chiang Mai 65, Las Vegas 25: Chiang Mai leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Chiang Mai 45, Las Vegas 88: Las Vegas leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chiang Mai 73, Las Vegas 68: Chiang Mai leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Chiang Mai 48, Las Vegas 25: Chiang Mai leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Chiang Mai 55, Las Vegas 25: Chiang Mai leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Chiang Mai and Las Vegas are level on 38.
Shopping & style. Chiang Mai 62, Las Vegas 64: Las Vegas leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Chiang Mai 90, Las Vegas 35: Chiang Mai leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chiang Mai 30, Las Vegas 78: Las Vegas leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chiang Mai 82, Las Vegas 40: Chiang Mai leads by 42 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chiang Mai and Las Vegas.

Your match

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Chiang Mai
Best match
56match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Las Vegas
47match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 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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Chiang MaiLas Vegas

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chiang Mai: 1991-2020 normals, Chiang Mai (0.6 km from centre). Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChiang MaiLas Vegas
Official languageThai-
CurrencyBaht (THB)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199911
Elevation310 m610 m
Main airportChiang Mai International Airport (CNX)3 km from centre28 non-stop destinationsHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureChiang MaiLas Vegas
City population1,198,000641,903
People per km²2,9581,843
Museums within 10 km621
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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. 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.