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Cocoa Beach Pier behind yellow parasols, Cocoa Beach
Cocoa BeachCocoa Beach Pier behind yellow parasols
Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple

Photos: Cocoa Beach by Benoît Prieur, CC0; Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cocoa Beach or Luang Prabang?

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 Cocoa Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Cocoa Beach’s own page.

Choose Luang Prabang for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Luang Prabang’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. Cocoa Beach 80, Luang Prabang 14: Cocoa Beach leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Cocoa Beach 32, Luang Prabang 42: Luang Prabang leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Cocoa Beach 12, Luang Prabang 65: Luang Prabang leads by 53 points.
Nightlife. Cocoa Beach 27, Luang Prabang 8: Cocoa Beach leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cocoa Beach 62, Luang Prabang 68: Luang Prabang leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Cocoa Beach 52, Luang Prabang 35: Cocoa Beach leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Cocoa Beach 72, Luang Prabang 38: Cocoa Beach leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Cocoa Beach 22, Luang Prabang 50: Luang Prabang leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Cocoa Beach 20, Luang Prabang 38: Luang Prabang leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Cocoa Beach 40, Luang Prabang 80: Luang Prabang leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cocoa Beach 14, Luang Prabang 18: Luang Prabang leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cocoa Beach 30, Luang Prabang 60: Luang Prabang leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cocoa Beach and Luang Prabang.

Your match

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

Cocoa Beach
39match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Luang Prabang
Best match
43match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Cocoa Beach in July

30 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
147 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Luang Prabang in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
250 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Cocoa BeachLuang Prabang

Where the figures come from

Cocoa Beach has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cocoa Beach: 1961-1990 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Cocoa / Patrick Air Force Base (11.2 km from centre). Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCocoa BeachLuang Prabang
Official language-Lao
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Lao Kip (LAK)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzABCEF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number911Police 191, ambulance 195, fire 190
Elevation0 m305 m
Main airportOrlando International Airport (MCO)68 km from centre170 non-stop destinationsLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCocoa BeachLuang Prabang
City population11,35453,792
People per km²290-
Museums within 10 km30
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C11 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.