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A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street
Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple

Photos: Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License; Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Lisbon or Luang Prabang?

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 Lisbon for

  • nightlife
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Luang Prabang for

  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Luang Prabang’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. Lisbon 50, Luang Prabang 14: Lisbon leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Lisbon 75, Luang Prabang 42: Lisbon leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Lisbon 78, Luang Prabang 65: Lisbon leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Lisbon 75, Luang Prabang 8: Lisbon leads by 67 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lisbon 75, Luang Prabang 68: Lisbon leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Lisbon 82, Luang Prabang 35: Lisbon leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Lisbon 62, Luang Prabang 38: Lisbon leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Lisbon 66, Luang Prabang 50: Lisbon leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Lisbon 60, Luang Prabang 38: Lisbon leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Lisbon 55, Luang Prabang 80: Luang Prabang leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lisbon 60, Luang Prabang 18: Lisbon leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lisbon 36, Luang Prabang 60: Luang Prabang leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lisbon and Luang Prabang.

Your match

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

Lisbon
Best match
65match

Wins on nightlife and day trips with your weighting.

Luang Prabang
43match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Luang Prabang in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
250 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LisbonLuang Prabang

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre). Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLisbonLuang Prabang
Official languagePortugueseLao
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Lao Kip (LAK)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzABCEF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 191, ambulance 195, fire 190
Elevation100 m305 m
Main airportLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinationsLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureLisbonLuang Prabang
City population545,79653,792
People per km²5,453-
Museums within 10 km800
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.