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The Sanctuary of Truth by the sea, Pattaya
PattayaThe Sanctuary of Truth by the sea
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Pattaya by Matrix, Pexels License; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Pattaya or Quebec City?

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 Pattaya for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Quebec City for

  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Quebec City’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. Pattaya 66, Quebec City 18: Pattaya leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Pattaya 58, Quebec City 57: Pattaya leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Pattaya 30, Quebec City 70: Quebec City leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Pattaya 76, Quebec City 42: Pattaya leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Pattaya 40, Quebec City 79: Quebec City leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Pattaya 52, Quebec City 58: Quebec City leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Pattaya 55, Quebec City 64: Quebec City leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Pattaya 36, Quebec City 50: Quebec City leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Pattaya 42, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Pattaya 84, Quebec City 45: Pattaya leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Pattaya 30, Quebec City 52: Quebec City leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Pattaya 58, Quebec City 55: Pattaya leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Pattaya and Quebec City.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Pattaya
52match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Quebec City
53match

Wins on culture and sights and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Pattaya in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
102 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PattayaQuebec City

Where the figures come from

Pattaya's temperatures are measured 31 km from the centre, at Sattahip.

Pattaya has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Pattaya's sunshine is measured 86 km from the centre, at Bangna Agromet / Ban Khlong Samrong.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Pattaya: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1961-1990, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sattahip (31.2 km from centre). Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePattayaQuebec City
Official languageThaiFrench, English
CurrencyBaht (THB)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199911
Elevation35 m98 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)83 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-10 days

By the numbers

MeasurePattayaQuebec City
City population119,532574,482
People per km²-1,184
Museums within 10 km016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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). 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.