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A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street
The Sanctuary of Truth by the sea, Pattaya
PattayaThe Sanctuary of Truth by the sea

Photos: Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License; Pattaya by Matrix, Pexels License.

Lisbon or Pattaya?

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

  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Pattaya for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Pattaya’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, Pattaya 66: Pattaya leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Lisbon 75, Pattaya 58: Lisbon leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Lisbon 78, Pattaya 30: Lisbon leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Lisbon 75, Pattaya 76: Pattaya leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lisbon 75, Pattaya 40: Lisbon leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Lisbon 82, Pattaya 52: Lisbon leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Lisbon 62, Pattaya 55: Lisbon leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Lisbon 66, Pattaya 36: Lisbon leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Lisbon 60, Pattaya 42: Lisbon leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Lisbon 55, Pattaya 84: Pattaya leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lisbon 60, Pattaya 30: Lisbon leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lisbon 36, Pattaya 58: Pattaya leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lisbon and Pattaya.

Your match

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

Lisbon
Best match
65match

Wins on culture and sights and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Pattaya
52match

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

Pattaya in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
102 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
30 °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

Pattaya's temperatures are measured 31 km from the centre, at Sattahip.

Pattaya 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.

Pattaya's sunshine is measured 86 km from the centre, at Bangna Agromet / Ban Khlong Samrong.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre). Pattaya: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1961-1990, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sattahip (31.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLisbonPattaya
Official languagePortugueseThai
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Baht (THB)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation100 m35 m
Main airportLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinationsSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)83 km from centre150 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureLisbonPattaya
City population545,796119,532
People per km²5,453-
Museums within 10 km800
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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). 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.