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Tempio Voltiano on the lakeshore, Como
ComoTempio Voltiano on the lakeshore
The Big Buddha on the hill above Phuket, Phuket
PhuketThe Big Buddha on the hill above Phuket

Photos: Como by Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Phuket by Mussi Katz, CC0.

Como or Phuket?

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 Como for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Phuket for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Phuket’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. Como 36, Phuket 90: Phuket leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Como 45, Phuket 66: Phuket leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Como 52, Phuket 35: Como leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Como 22, Phuket 72: Phuket leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Como 82, Phuket 80: Como leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Como 87, Phuket 45: Como leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Como 47, Phuket 65: Phuket leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Como 66, Phuket 22: Como leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Como and Phuket are level on 42.
Affordability. Como 30, Phuket 68: Phuket leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Como 34, Phuket 20: Como leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Como 44, Phuket 82: Phuket leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Como and Phuket.

Your match

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

Como
49match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Phuket
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches 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.

Como in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
158 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Phuket in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
287 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Phuket's temperatures are measured 27 km from the centre, at Phuket Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Como: 1991-2020 normals, Lugano (23 km from centre). Phuket: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1961-1990) normals, Phuket Airport (26.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureComoPhuket
Official languageItalianThai
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Baht (THB)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation201 m19 m
Main airportMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)34 km from centre208 non-stop destinationsPhuket International Airport (HKT)27 km from centre85 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureComoPhuket
City population83,18477,610
People per km²2,2426,468
Museums within 10 km112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km80
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.