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Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple
Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple

Photos: Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License.

Luang Prabang or Osaka?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Osaka for

  • nightlife
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Osaka’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, Osaka 34: Osaka leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Luang Prabang 42, Osaka 91: Osaka leads by 49 points.
Culture & sights. Luang Prabang 65, Osaka 63: Luang Prabang leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Luang Prabang 8, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 72 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luang Prabang 68, Osaka 58: Luang Prabang leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Luang Prabang 35, Osaka 97: Osaka leads by 62 points.
Good for families. Luang Prabang 38, Osaka 88: Osaka leads by 50 points.
Getting around. Luang Prabang 50, Osaka 90: Osaka leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Luang Prabang 38, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Luang Prabang 80, Osaka 60: Luang Prabang leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luang Prabang 18, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luang Prabang 60, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luang Prabang and Osaka.

Your match

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

Luang Prabang
43match

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

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on nightlife 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
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Luang PrabangOsaka

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre). Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuang PrabangOsaka
Official languageLaoJapanese
CurrencyLao Kip (LAK)Yen (JPY)
SocketsABCEF230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 195, fire 190Police 110, fire 119
Elevation305 m20 m
Main airportLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinationsKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuang PrabangOsaka
City population53,7922,751,862
People per km²-12,340
Museums within 10 km044
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km16
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

Where else could you go?

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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.