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Wat Chiang Man in the old city, Chiang Mai
Chiang MaiWat Chiang Man in the old city
Lower Broadway and its honky-tonks, Nashville
NashvilleLower Broadway and its honky-tonks

Photos: Chiang Mai by Gije Cho, Pexels License; Nashville by Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Chiang Mai or Nashville?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Nashville for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Nashville’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, Nashville 14: Nashville leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Chiang Mai 78, Nashville 62: Chiang Mai leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Chiang Mai 65, Nashville 50: Chiang Mai leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Chiang Mai 45, Nashville 70: Nashville leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chiang Mai 73, Nashville 46: Chiang Mai leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Chiang Mai 48, Nashville 52: Nashville leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Chiang Mai and Nashville are level on 55.
Getting around. Chiang Mai 38, Nashville 30: Chiang Mai leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Chiang Mai 62, Nashville 42: Chiang Mai leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Chiang Mai 90, Nashville 30: Chiang Mai leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chiang Mai 30, Nashville 82: Nashville leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chiang Mai 82, Nashville 20: Chiang Mai leads by 62 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chiang Mai and Nashville.

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.

Nashville
46match

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

Nashville in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
104 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 MaiNashville

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chiang Mai: 1991-2020 normals, Chiang Mai (0.6 km from centre). Nashville: 1991-2020 normals, Nashville Airport (9.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChiang MaiNashville
Official languageThai-
CurrencyBaht (THB)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199911
Elevation310 m182 m
Main airportChiang Mai International Airport (CNX)3 km from centre28 non-stop destinationsNashville International Airport (BNA)10 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureChiang MaiNashville
City population1,198,000689,447
People per km²2,958506
Museums within 10 km612
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.