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Wat Chiang Man in the old city, Chiang Mai
Chiang MaiWat Chiang Man in the old city
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Chiang Mai by Gije Cho, Pexels License; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Chiang Mai or Seville?

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 Seville for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Seville’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, Seville 18: Seville leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Chiang Mai 78, Seville 73: Chiang Mai leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Chiang Mai 65, Seville 82: Seville leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Chiang Mai 45, Seville 62: Seville leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chiang Mai 73, Seville 52: Chiang Mai leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Chiang Mai 48, Seville 80: Seville leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Chiang Mai and Seville are level on 55.
Getting around. Chiang Mai 38, Seville 72: Seville leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Chiang Mai 62, Seville 55: Chiang Mai leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Chiang Mai 90, Seville 58: Chiang Mai leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chiang Mai 30, Seville 68: Seville leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chiang Mai 82, Seville 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 Seville.

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.

Seville
Best match
60match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around 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

Seville in July

36 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chiang Mai: 1991-2020 normals, Chiang Mai (0.6 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChiang MaiSeville
Official languageThaiSpanish
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 m18 m
Main airportChiang Mai International Airport (CNX)3 km from centre28 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureChiang MaiSeville
City population1,198,000689,423
People per km²2,9584,896
Museums within 10 km624
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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. 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.