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Wat Chiang Man in the old city, Chiang Mai
Chiang MaiWat Chiang Man in the old city
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Chiang Mai by Gije Cho, Pexels License; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Chiang Mai or Tallinn?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Tallinn leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Chiang Mai 78, Tallinn 52: Chiang Mai leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Chiang Mai 65, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Chiang Mai 45, Tallinn 44: Chiang Mai leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chiang Mai 73, Tallinn 55: Chiang Mai leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Chiang Mai 48, Tallinn 58: Tallinn leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Chiang Mai 55, Tallinn 60: Tallinn leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Chiang Mai 38, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Chiang Mai 62, Tallinn 40: Chiang Mai leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Chiang Mai 90, Tallinn 47: Chiang Mai leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chiang Mai 30, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chiang Mai 82, Tallinn 50: Chiang Mai leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chiang Mai and Tallinn.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Tallinn
52match

Wins on getting around and beaches 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
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Chiang MaiTallinn

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chiang Mai: 1991-2020 normals, Chiang Mai (0.6 km from centre). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChiang MaiTallinn
Official languageThaiEstonian
CurrencyBaht (THB)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199112
Elevation310 m28 m
Main airportChiang Mai International Airport (CNX)3 km from centre28 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureChiang MaiTallinn
City population1,198,000457,572
People per km²2,9582,871
Museums within 10 km616
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.