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Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Luang Prabang or Tokyo?

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

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Tokyo leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Luang Prabang 42, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 56 points.
Culture & sights. Luang Prabang 65, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Luang Prabang 8, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 78 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luang Prabang and Tokyo are level on 68.
Day trips. Luang Prabang 35, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Luang Prabang 38, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 57 points.
Getting around. Luang Prabang 50, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Luang Prabang 38, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 61 points.
Affordability. Luang Prabang 80, Tokyo 48: Luang Prabang leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luang Prabang 18, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 68 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luang Prabang 60, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luang Prabang and Tokyo.

Your match

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

Luang Prabang
43match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Luang PrabangTokyo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuang PrabangTokyo
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 m6 m
Main airportLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuang PrabangTokyo
City population53,79214,264,798
People per km²-6,501
Museums within 10 km0192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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.