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The Semperoper, Dresden
DresdenThe Semperoper
The Sanctuary of Truth by the sea, Pattaya
PattayaThe Sanctuary of Truth by the sea

Photos: Dresden by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Pattaya by Matrix, Pexels License.

Dresden or Pattaya?

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 Dresden for

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

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

Choose Pattaya for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Pattaya’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. Dresden 10, Pattaya 66: Pattaya leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Dresden 45, Pattaya 58: Pattaya leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Dresden 79, Pattaya 30: Dresden leads by 49 points.
Nightlife. Dresden 47, Pattaya 76: Pattaya leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dresden 74, Pattaya 40: Dresden leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Dresden 76, Pattaya 52: Dresden leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Dresden 60, Pattaya 55: Dresden leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Dresden 74, Pattaya 36: Dresden leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Dresden and Pattaya are level on 42.
Affordability. Dresden 55, Pattaya 84: Pattaya leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dresden 76, Pattaya 30: Dresden leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dresden 42, Pattaya 58: Pattaya leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dresden and Pattaya.

Your match

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

Dresden
Best match
57match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Pattaya
52match

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.

Dresden in July

26 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Pattaya in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
102 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine 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

Pattaya's temperatures are measured 31 km from the centre, at Sattahip.

Pattaya 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.

Pattaya's sunshine is measured 86 km from the centre, at Bangna Agromet / Ban Khlong Samrong.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dresden: 1991-2020 normals, Dresden-Strehlen (3.8 km from centre). Pattaya: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1961-1990, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sattahip (31.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDresdenPattaya
Official languageGermanThai
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Baht (THB)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation126 m35 m
Main airportDresden Airport (DRS)10 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)83 km from centre150 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureDresdenPattaya
City population562,764119,532
People per km²1,713-
Museums within 10 km700
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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). 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.