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Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple
The railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield, Manchester
ManchesterThe railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield

Photos: Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Manchester by IIya Kuzhekin, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Luang Prabang or Manchester?

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

  • wellness
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Manchester for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Manchester’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, Manchester 9: Luang Prabang leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Luang Prabang 42, Manchester 51: Manchester leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Luang Prabang 65, Manchester 50: Luang Prabang leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Luang Prabang 8, Manchester 72: Manchester leads by 64 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luang Prabang 68, Manchester 64: Luang Prabang leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Luang Prabang 35, Manchester 77: Manchester leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Luang Prabang 38, Manchester 58: Manchester leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Luang Prabang 50, Manchester 68: Manchester leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Luang Prabang 38, Manchester 62: Manchester leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Luang Prabang 80, Manchester 42: Luang Prabang leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luang Prabang 18, Manchester 74: Manchester leads by 56 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luang Prabang 60, Manchester 15: Luang Prabang leads by 45 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luang Prabang and Manchester.

Your match

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

Luang Prabang
43match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

Manchester
Best match
54match

Wins on nightlife 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.

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

Manchester in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
60 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre). Manchester: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (14.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuang PrabangManchester
Official languageLaoEnglish
CurrencyLao Kip (LAK)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsABCEF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 195, fire 190112 or 999
Elevation305 m38 m
Main airportLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinationsManchester Airport (MAN)15 km from centre211 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-8 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuang PrabangManchester
City population53,792547,627
People per km²-4,737
Museums within 10 km028
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.