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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 Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70

Photos: Krabi by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

Krabi or Seattle?

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
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Seattle for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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, Seattle 30: Krabi leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Krabi 50, Seattle 66: Seattle leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Krabi 20, Seattle 50: Seattle leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Krabi 33, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krabi 85, Seattle 87: Seattle leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Krabi 40, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Krabi 55, Seattle 64: Seattle leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Krabi 30, Seattle 60: Seattle leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Krabi 20, Seattle 52: Seattle leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Krabi 78, Seattle 22: Krabi leads by 56 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krabi 12, Seattle 70: Seattle leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krabi 72, Seattle 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 Seattle.

Your match

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

Krabi
49match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Seattle
Best match
54match

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

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
12 °Csea
16 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). Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrabiSeattle
Official languageThai-
CurrencyBaht (THB)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199911
Elevation16 m40 m
Main airportKrabi International Airport (KBV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureKrabiSeattle
City population30,499737,015
People per km²-1,996
Museums within 10 km027
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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.