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The Big Buddha on the hill above Phuket, Phuket
PhuketThe Big Buddha on the hill above Phuket
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Phuket by Mussi Katz, CC0; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Phuket or Tallinn?

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 Phuket for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nightlife

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

Choose Tallinn for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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. Phuket 90, Tallinn 28: Phuket leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Phuket 66, Tallinn 52: Phuket leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Phuket 35, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Phuket 72, Tallinn 44: Phuket leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Phuket 80, Tallinn 55: Phuket leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Phuket 45, Tallinn 58: Tallinn leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Phuket 65, Tallinn 60: Phuket leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Phuket 22, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Phuket 42, Tallinn 40: Phuket leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Phuket 68, Tallinn 47: Phuket leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Phuket 20, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Phuket 82, Tallinn 50: Phuket leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Phuket and Tallinn.

Your match

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

Phuket
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Tallinn
52match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Phuket in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
287 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Phuket's temperatures are measured 27 km from the centre, at Phuket Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Phuket: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1961-1990) normals, Phuket Airport (26.9 km from centre). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePhuketTallinn
Official languageThaiEstonian
CurrencyBaht (THB)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199112
Elevation19 m28 m
Main airportPhuket International Airport (HKT)27 km from centre85 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePhuketTallinn
City population77,610457,572
People per km²6,4682,871
Museums within 10 km216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.