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The Sanctuary of Truth by the sea, Pattaya
PattayaThe Sanctuary of Truth by the sea
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Pattaya by Matrix, Pexels License; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Pattaya or Warsaw?

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
  • wellness
  • prices

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Warsaw’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, Warsaw 12: Pattaya leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Pattaya 58, Warsaw 60: Warsaw leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Pattaya 30, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Pattaya 76, Warsaw 66: Pattaya leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Pattaya 40, Warsaw 47: Warsaw leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Pattaya and Warsaw are level on 52.
Good for families. Pattaya 55, Warsaw 62: Warsaw leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Pattaya 36, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Pattaya 42, Warsaw 55: Warsaw leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Pattaya 84, Warsaw 64: Pattaya leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Pattaya 30, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Pattaya 58, Warsaw 35: Pattaya leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Pattaya and Warsaw.

Your match

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

Pattaya
52match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Warsaw
Best match
55match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Warsaw in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePattayaWarsaw
Official languageThaiPolish
CurrencyBaht (THB)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199112
Elevation35 m118 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)83 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePattayaWarsaw
City population119,5321,862,402
People per km²-3,601
Museums within 10 km0117
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. 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.

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.