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Wat Chiang Man in the old city, Chiang Mai
Chiang MaiWat Chiang Man in the old city
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

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

Chiang Mai or Tunis?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • food and drink

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

Choose Tunis for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Tunis’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, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Chiang Mai 78, Tunis 60: Chiang Mai leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Chiang Mai 65, Tunis 76: Tunis leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Chiang Mai 45, Tunis 33: Chiang Mai leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chiang Mai 73, Tunis 45: Chiang Mai leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Chiang Mai 48, Tunis 77: Tunis leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Chiang Mai 55, Tunis 38: Chiang Mai leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Chiang Mai 38, Tunis 48: Tunis leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Chiang Mai 62, Tunis 50: Chiang Mai leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Chiang Mai 90, Tunis 86: Chiang Mai leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chiang Mai 30, Tunis 38: Tunis leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chiang Mai 82, Tunis 58: Chiang Mai leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chiang Mai and Tunis.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Chiang Mai
56match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

Tunis
56match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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

Tunis in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 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). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChiang MaiTunis
Official languageThaiArabic
CurrencyBaht (THB)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation310 m4 m
Main airportChiang Mai International Airport (CNX)3 km from centre28 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-8 days

By the numbers

MeasureChiang MaiTunis
City population1,198,000602,560
People per km²2,9582,834
Museums within 10 km616
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

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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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.