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The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water
The white temple of Wat Kaew Korawaram in Krabi Town, Krabi
KrabiThe white temple of Wat Kaew Korawaram in Krabi Town

Photos: Hamburg by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Krabi by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hamburg or Krabi?

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 Hamburg for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • shopping

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

Choose Krabi for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Krabi’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. Hamburg 28, Krabi 87: Krabi leads by 59 points.
Food & drink. Hamburg 55, Krabi 50: Hamburg leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Hamburg 62, Krabi 20: Hamburg leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Hamburg 76, Krabi 33: Hamburg leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hamburg 52, Krabi 85: Krabi leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Hamburg 70, Krabi 40: Hamburg leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Hamburg 74, Krabi 55: Hamburg leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Hamburg 80, Krabi 30: Hamburg leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Hamburg 65, Krabi 20: Hamburg leads by 45 points.
Affordability. Hamburg 38, Krabi 78: Krabi leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hamburg 80, Krabi 12: Hamburg leads by 68 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hamburg 44, Krabi 72: Krabi leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hamburg and Krabi.

Your match

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

Hamburg
Best match
60match

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

Krabi
49match

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.

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 hdaylight a day

Krabi in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
212 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

Krabi's temperatures are measured 67 km from the centre, at Phuket Airport.

Krabi 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre). Krabi: 1991-2020 normals, Phuket Airport (66.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHamburgKrabi
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
Elevation6 m16 m
Main airportHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsKrabi International Airport (KBV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days-

By the numbers

MeasureHamburgKrabi
City population1,869,47330,499
People per km²2,476-
Museums within 10 km770
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.