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The white temple of Wat Kaew Korawaram in Krabi Town, Krabi
KrabiThe white temple of Wat Kaew Korawaram in Krabi Town
The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
MacauThe Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline

Photos: Krabi by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Macau by tian Jin, Pexels License.

Krabi or Macau?

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 Krabi for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Macau for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Macau’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. Krabi 87, Macau 24: Krabi leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Krabi 50, Macau 77: Macau leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Krabi 20, Macau 62: Macau leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Krabi 33, Macau 40: Macau leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krabi 85, Macau 5: Krabi leads by 80 points.
Day trips. Krabi 40, Macau 52: Macau leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Krabi 55, Macau 48: Krabi leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Krabi 30, Macau 60: Macau leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Krabi 20, Macau 58: Macau leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Krabi 78, Macau 44: Krabi leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krabi 12, Macau 36: Macau leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krabi 72, Macau 40: Krabi leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Krabi and Macau.

Your match

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

Krabi
Best match
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.

Macau
46match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Macau in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
281 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °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. Krabi: 1991-2020 normals, Phuket Airport (66.6 km from centre). Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrabiMacau
Official languageThaiPortuguese, Cantonese, Standard Chinese
CurrencyBaht (THB)Pataca (MOP)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzFGM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199999
Elevation16 m22 m
Main airportKrabi International Airport (KBV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureKrabiMacau
City population30,499682,100
People per km²-5,916
Museums within 10 km028
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months8 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.