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The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat
The Big Buddha on the hill above Phuket, Phuket
PhuketThe Big Buddha on the hill above Phuket

Photos: Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Phuket by Mussi Katz, CC0.

Geneva 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 Geneva for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

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

Choose Phuket for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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. Geneva 45, Phuket 90: Phuket leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Geneva 55, Phuket 66: Phuket leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Geneva 58, Phuket 35: Geneva leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Geneva 38, Phuket 72: Phuket leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Geneva 82, Phuket 80: Geneva leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Geneva 80, Phuket 45: Geneva leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Geneva 57, Phuket 65: Phuket leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Geneva 86, Phuket 22: Geneva leads by 64 points.
Shopping & style. Geneva 68, Phuket 42: Geneva leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Geneva 5, Phuket 68: Phuket leads by 63 points.
Live music & performing arts. Geneva 60, Phuket 20: Geneva leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Geneva 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: Geneva and Phuket.

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

Geneva
57match

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

Phuket
57match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 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. Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre). Phuket: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1961-1990) normals, Phuket Airport (26.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenevaPhuket
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshThai
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Baht (THB)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation403 m19 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsPhuket International Airport (HKT)27 km from centre85 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days-

By the numbers

MeasureGenevaPhuket
City population211,15277,610
People per km²13,2806,468
Museums within 10 km342
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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. 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.