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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
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Krabi by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Krabi or Valparaiso?

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

  • wellness
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Valparaiso for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Krabi leads by 51 points.
Food & drink. Krabi and Valparaiso are level on 50.
Culture & sights. Krabi 20, Valparaiso 62: Valparaiso leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Krabi 33, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krabi 85, Valparaiso 60: Krabi leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Krabi 40, Valparaiso 63: Valparaiso leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Krabi 55, Valparaiso 33: Krabi leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Krabi 30, Valparaiso 44: Valparaiso leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Krabi 20, Valparaiso 30: Valparaiso leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Krabi 78, Valparaiso 60: Krabi leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krabi 12, Valparaiso 38: Valparaiso leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krabi 72, Valparaiso 18: Krabi leads by 54 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Krabi and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Krabi
Best match
49match

Wins on wellness and beaches with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
13 °Csea
10 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.

Valparaiso 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). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrabiValparaiso
Official languageThaiSpanish
CurrencyBaht (THB)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation16 m21 m
Main airportKrabi International Airport (KBV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureKrabiValparaiso
City population30,499296,655
People per km²-6,180
Museums within 10 km017
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.