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Hot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise, Goreme
GoremeHot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise
Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple

Photos: Goreme by Guerrero De la Luz, Pexels License; Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Goreme 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 Goreme for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Luang Prabang for

  • food and drink
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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. Goreme 3, Luang Prabang 14: Luang Prabang leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Goreme 20, Luang Prabang 42: Luang Prabang leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Goreme 45, Luang Prabang 65: Luang Prabang leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Goreme 5, Luang Prabang 8: Luang Prabang leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Goreme 74, Luang Prabang 68: Goreme leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Goreme 70, Luang Prabang 35: Goreme leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Goreme 40, Luang Prabang 38: Goreme leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Goreme 40, Luang Prabang 50: Luang Prabang leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Goreme 22, Luang Prabang 38: Luang Prabang leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Goreme 58, Luang Prabang 80: Luang Prabang leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Goreme 10, Luang Prabang 18: Luang Prabang leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Goreme 42, Luang Prabang 60: Luang Prabang leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Goreme and Luang Prabang.

Your match

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

Goreme
36match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Luang Prabang
Best match
43match

Wins on food and drink 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.

Goreme in July

30 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Luang Prabang in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
250 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GoremeLuang Prabang

Where the figures come from

Goreme's station stands 160 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Goreme: 1991-2020 normals, Nevsehir (10.2 km from centre). Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGoremeLuang Prabang
Official languageTurkishLao
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Lao Kip (LAK)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzABCEF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+7
Emergency number112Police 191, ambulance 195, fire 190
Elevation1,100 m305 m
Main airportKayseri Erkilet International Airport (ASR)60 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureGoremeLuang Prabang
City population2,00053,792
People per km²20-
Museums within 10 km50
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.