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Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple
The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple

Photos: Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Luang Prabang or Luxor?

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 Luang Prabang for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • getting around

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

Choose Luxor for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Luxor’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. Luang Prabang 14, Luxor 6: Luang Prabang leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Luang Prabang 42, Luxor 30: Luang Prabang leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Luang Prabang 65, Luxor 95: Luxor leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Luang Prabang 8, Luxor 10: Luxor leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luang Prabang 68, Luxor 32: Luang Prabang leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Luang Prabang 35, Luxor 62: Luxor leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Luang Prabang 38, Luxor 30: Luang Prabang leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Luang Prabang 50, Luxor 35: Luang Prabang leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Luang Prabang 38, Luxor 25: Luang Prabang leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Luang Prabang 80, Luxor 90: Luxor leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luang Prabang 18, Luxor 10: Luang Prabang leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luang Prabang 60, Luxor 28: Luang Prabang leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luang Prabang and Luxor.

Your match

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

Luang Prabang
Best match
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

Luxor
38match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Luang Prabang in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
250 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Luxor in July

41 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Luxor 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. Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre). Luxor: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Luxor (6.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuang PrabangLuxor
Official languageLaoArabic
CurrencyLao Kip (LAK)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsABCEF230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 195, fire 190Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation305 m89 m
Main airportLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinationsLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-15 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuang PrabangLuxor
City population53,792202,232
People per km²-486
Museums within 10 km04
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. 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.