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Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple
The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress

Photos: Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License.

Luang Prabang or Salzburg?

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

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

Choose Salzburg for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Salzburg’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, Salzburg 35: Salzburg leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Luang Prabang 42, Salzburg 45: Salzburg leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Luang Prabang 65, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Luang Prabang 8, Salzburg 25: Salzburg leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luang Prabang 68, Salzburg 86: Salzburg leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Luang Prabang 35, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 45 points.
Good for families. Luang Prabang 38, Salzburg 65: Salzburg leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Luang Prabang 50, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Luang Prabang 38, Salzburg 48: Salzburg leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Luang Prabang 80, Salzburg 32: Luang Prabang leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luang Prabang 18, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 62 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luang Prabang 60, Salzburg 55: Luang Prabang leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luang Prabang and Salzburg.

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.

Salzburg
Best match
58match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Luang PrabangSalzburg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre). Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuang PrabangSalzburg
Official languageLaoGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyLao Kip (LAK)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABCEF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 195, fire 190112
Elevation305 m424 m
Main airportLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinationsSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuang PrabangSalzburg
City population53,792155,021
People per km²-2,360
Museums within 10 km038
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.