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Nyhavn, Copenhagen
CopenhagenNyhavn
The Big Buddha on the hill above Phuket, Phuket
PhuketThe Big Buddha on the hill above Phuket

Photos: Copenhagen by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Phuket by Mussi Katz, CC0.

Copenhagen 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 Copenhagen for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Phuket for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Copenhagen 40, Phuket 90: Phuket leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Copenhagen 76, Phuket 66: Copenhagen leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Copenhagen 72, Phuket 35: Copenhagen leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Copenhagen 60, Phuket 72: Phuket leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Copenhagen 45, Phuket 80: Phuket leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Copenhagen 72, Phuket 45: Copenhagen leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Copenhagen 85, Phuket 65: Copenhagen leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Copenhagen 85, Phuket 22: Copenhagen leads by 63 points.
Shopping & style. Copenhagen 70, Phuket 42: Copenhagen leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Copenhagen 18, Phuket 68: Phuket leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Copenhagen 68, Phuket 20: Copenhagen leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Copenhagen 55, Phuket 82: Phuket leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Copenhagen and Phuket.

Your match

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

Copenhagen
Best match
62match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Phuket
57match

Wins on beaches 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.

Copenhagen in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
17 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Phuket in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
287 mmrain in the month
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. Copenhagen: 1991-2020 normals, Koebenhavn / Landbohoejskolen (2.4 km from centre). Phuket: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1961-1990) normals, Phuket Airport (26.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCopenhagenPhuket
Official languageDanishThai
CurrencyDanish Krone (DKK)Baht (THB)
SocketsCEFK230 V, 50 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation14 m19 m
Main airportCopenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH)8 km from centre196 non-stop destinationsPhuket International Airport (HKT)27 km from centre85 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCopenhagenPhuket
City population667,09977,610
People per km²7,3396,468
Museums within 10 km722
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.