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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
Botero sculptures on Plaza Botero, Medellin
MedellinBotero sculptures on Plaza Botero

Photos: Krabi by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Medellin by Steffen Schmitz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Krabi or Medellin?

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

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Medellin for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Medellin’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, Medellin 5: Krabi leads by 82 points.
Food & drink. Krabi 50, Medellin 58: Medellin leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Krabi 20, Medellin 42: Medellin leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Krabi 33, Medellin 76: Medellin leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krabi 85, Medellin 66: Krabi leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Krabi 40, Medellin 58: Medellin leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Krabi 55, Medellin 50: Krabi leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Krabi 30, Medellin 55: Medellin leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Krabi 20, Medellin 45: Medellin leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Krabi 78, Medellin 80: Medellin leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krabi 12, Medellin 42: Medellin leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krabi 72, Medellin 30: Krabi leads by 42 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Krabi and Medellin.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Krabi
49match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Medellin
51match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Medellin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
133 mmrain in the month
No seasea
12 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.

Medellin 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). Medellin: 1958-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Medellin / Olaya Herrera (5.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrabiMedellin
Official languageThaiSpanish
CurrencyBaht (THB)Colombian Peso (COP)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199123
Elevation16 m1,405 m
Main airportKrabi International Airport (KBV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsJose Maria Córdova International Airport (MDE)19 km from centre35 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-19 days

By the numbers

MeasureKrabiMedellin
City population30,4992,529,403
People per km²-6,644
Museums within 10 km014
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.