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Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple
A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach

Photos: Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Miami by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Luang Prabang or Miami?

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

  • prices
  • wellness
  • getting around

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

Choose Miami for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami’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, Miami 90: Miami leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Luang Prabang 42, Miami 72: Miami leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Luang Prabang 65, Miami 57: Luang Prabang leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Luang Prabang 8, Miami 82: Miami leads by 74 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luang Prabang 68, Miami 64: Luang Prabang leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Luang Prabang 35, Miami 42: Miami leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Luang Prabang 38, Miami 64: Miami leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Luang Prabang 50, Miami 35: Luang Prabang leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Luang Prabang 38, Miami 71: Miami leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Luang Prabang 80, Miami 27: Luang Prabang leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luang Prabang 18, Miami 55: Miami leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luang Prabang 60, Miami 44: Luang Prabang leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luang Prabang and Miami.

Your match

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

Luang Prabang
43match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Miami
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and nightlife 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

Miami in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Luang PrabangMiami

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre). Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuang PrabangMiami
Official languageLao-
CurrencyLao Kip (LAK)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABCEF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 195, fire 190911
Elevation305 m2 m
Main airportLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuang PrabangMiami
City population53,792442,241
People per km²-3,046
Museums within 10 km017
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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.