Climate
Bangkok logs 11 outdoor-dinner months a year to Nakhon Si Thammarat's 1 — Bangkok wins by 10. Nakhon Si Thammarat also leads on hot days by 161.
Bangkok
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Nakhon Si Thammarat
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Cost of Living
Bangkok averages $1,089/mo for balanced living; Nakhon Si Thammarat has no cost baseline yet.
Bangkok
$1,089monthly · balanced
Mobility
Bangkok scores 2.4 on mobility (0–5 scale); Nakhon Si Thammarat has no mobility baseline.
Culture
Bangkok's culture score of 4.1 sits well above Nakhon Si Thammarat's 0.0.
Nature & Outdoors
Bangkok scores 2.0 on nature & outdoors (0–5 scale); Nakhon Si Thammarat has no nature & outdoors baseline.
Safety
Bangkok scores 2.4 on safety (0–5 scale); Nakhon Si Thammarat has no safety baseline.
Career
Bangkok scores 3.0 on career (0–5 scale); Nakhon Si Thammarat has no career baseline.
Social & Community
Bangkok scores 3.4 on social & community (0–5 scale); Nakhon Si Thammarat has no social & community baseline.
Food & Dining
Bangkok scores 3.8 on food & dining (0–5 scale); Nakhon Si Thammarat has no food & dining baseline.
Family
Bangkok scores 2.9 on family (0–5 scale); Nakhon Si Thammarat has no family baseline.
Healthcare
Bangkok scores 4.1 on healthcare (0–5 scale); Nakhon Si Thammarat has no healthcare baseline.
Air Quality
Bangkok averages 28.7 µg/m³ (unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Nakhon Si Thammarat's 21.3 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Nakhon Si Thammarat breathes ~26% cleaner air (7.4 µg/m³ lower).
Bangkok
Nakhon Si Thammarat
PM2.5 annual average
WHO classification
City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Bangkok (19.0M) and Nakhon Si Thammarat (145K) are 132x in population — Bangkok is the larger metro, Nakhon Si Thammarat the smaller; on land area Bangkok spans roughly 75x more ground.
Bangkok is roughly 99x the scale of Nakhon Si Thammarat
Combined population & area comparison
BangkokNakhon Si ThammaratCity Scale Rankings
Bangkok19.0M132xNakhon Si Thammarat145K1xBangkok2,697 km²75xNakhon Si Thammarat36 km²1xBangkok
Nakhon Si Thammarat
Who Thrives Here
Bangkok is the stronger fit for the big city energy. Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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