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Swayambhunath with its prayer flags, Kathmandu
KathmanduSwayambhunath with its prayer flags
The white temple of Wat Kaew Korawaram in Krabi Town, Krabi
KrabiThe white temple of Wat Kaew Korawaram in Krabi Town

Photos: Kathmandu by Nabin K. Sapkota, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Krabi by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Kathmandu 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 Kathmandu for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • prices

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

Choose Krabi for

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

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. Kathmandu 4, Krabi 87: Krabi leads by 83 points.
Food & drink. Kathmandu 55, Krabi 50: Kathmandu leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Kathmandu 82, Krabi 20: Kathmandu leads by 62 points.
Nightlife. Kathmandu 36, Krabi 33: Kathmandu leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kathmandu 70, Krabi 85: Krabi leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Kathmandu 56, Krabi 40: Kathmandu leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Kathmandu 20, Krabi 55: Krabi leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Kathmandu 25, Krabi 30: Krabi leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Kathmandu 55, Krabi 20: Kathmandu leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Kathmandu 97, Krabi 78: Kathmandu leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kathmandu 28, Krabi 12: Kathmandu leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kathmandu 45, Krabi 72: Krabi leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kathmandu and Krabi.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Kathmandu
48match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping with your weighting.

Krabi
49match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Kathmandu in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
384 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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. Kathmandu: 1991-2020 normals, Kathmandu Airport (4.7 km from centre). Krabi: 1991-2020 normals, Phuket Airport (66.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKathmanduKrabi
Official languageNepaliThai
CurrencyNepalese Rupee (NPR)Baht (THB)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:45UTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 100, ambulance 102, fire 101Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation1,300 m16 m
Main airportTribhuvan International Airport (KTM)4 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsKrabi International Airport (KBV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureKathmanduKrabi
City population845,76730,499
People per km²17,121-
Museums within 10 km90
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). 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.