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The Sanctuary of Truth by the sea, Pattaya
PattayaThe Sanctuary of Truth by the sea
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Pattaya by Matrix, Pexels License; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Pattaya or Ushuaia?

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
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Ushuaia’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, Ushuaia 3: Pattaya leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Pattaya 58, Ushuaia 40: Pattaya leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Pattaya 30, Ushuaia 22: Pattaya leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Pattaya 76, Ushuaia 18: Pattaya leads by 58 points.
Nature & outdoors. Pattaya 40, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 48 points.
Day trips. Pattaya 52, Ushuaia 14: Pattaya leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Pattaya 55, Ushuaia 40: Pattaya leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Pattaya 36, Ushuaia 45: Ushuaia leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Pattaya 42, Ushuaia 22: Pattaya leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Pattaya 84, Ushuaia 42: Pattaya leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Pattaya 30, Ushuaia 10: Pattaya leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Pattaya 58, Ushuaia 26: Pattaya leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Pattaya and Ushuaia.

Your match

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

Pattaya
Best match
52match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Ushuaia
31match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
No seasea
8 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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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). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePattayaUshuaia
Official languageThaiSpanish
CurrencyBaht (THB)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199117 or 911
Elevation35 m23 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)83 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePattayaUshuaia
City population119,53282,615
People per km²-3,592
Museums within 10 km05
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.