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Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

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

Luang Prabang or Tunis?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

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

Choose Tunis for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tunis’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, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Luang Prabang 42, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Luang Prabang 65, Tunis 76: Tunis leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Luang Prabang 8, Tunis 33: Tunis leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luang Prabang 68, Tunis 45: Luang Prabang leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Luang Prabang 35, Tunis 77: Tunis leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Luang Prabang and Tunis are level on 38.
Getting around. Luang Prabang 50, Tunis 48: Luang Prabang leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Luang Prabang 38, Tunis 50: Tunis leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Luang Prabang 80, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luang Prabang 18, Tunis 38: Tunis leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luang Prabang 60, Tunis 58: Luang Prabang leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luang Prabang and Tunis.

Your match

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

Luang Prabang
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Tunis
Best match
56match

Wins on beaches 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

Tunis in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuang PrabangTunis
Official languageLaoArabic
CurrencyLao Kip (LAK)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsABCEF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 195, fire 190Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation305 m4 m
Main airportLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-8 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuang PrabangTunis
City population53,792602,560
People per km²-2,834
Museums within 10 km016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.