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Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple
Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom

Photos: Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Luang Prabang or Orlando?

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
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Orlando for

  • families
  • nightlife
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Orlando’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, Orlando 42: Orlando leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Luang Prabang 42, Orlando 48: Orlando leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Luang Prabang 65, Orlando 22: Luang Prabang leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Luang Prabang 8, Orlando 40: Orlando leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luang Prabang 68, Orlando 46: Luang Prabang leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Luang Prabang 35, Orlando 58: Orlando leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Luang Prabang 38, Orlando 98: Orlando leads by 60 points.
Getting around. Luang Prabang 50, Orlando 8: Luang Prabang leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Luang Prabang 38, Orlando 58: Orlando leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Luang Prabang 80, Orlando 36: Luang Prabang leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luang Prabang 18, Orlando 40: Orlando leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luang Prabang 60, Orlando 32: Luang Prabang leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luang Prabang and Orlando.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Luang Prabang
43match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Orlando
44match

Wins on families 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
13 hdaylight a day

Orlando in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
189 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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Luang PrabangOrlando

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre). Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuang PrabangOrlando
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 m34 m
Main airportLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinationsOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuang PrabangOrlando
City population53,792334,854
People per km²-1,086
Museums within 10 km011
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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). 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.