Climate
Chon Buri logs 11 outdoor-dinner months a year to Pattaya's 12 — Pattaya wins by 1. Pattaya also leads on hot days by 12.
Chon Buri
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Pattaya
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Air Quality
Chon Buri averages 21.2 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Pattaya's 19.8 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Pattaya breathes ~7% cleaner air (1.4 µg/m³ lower).
Chon Buri
Pattaya
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.
Chon Buri (263K) and Pattaya (254K) sit at a similar population scale; on land area Chon Buri spans roughly 1.8x more ground.
Chon Buri is roughly 1.4x the scale of Pattaya
Combined population & area comparison
Chon BuriPattayaCity Scale Rankings
Chon Buri263K1xPattaya254K1xChon Buri170 km²1.8xPattaya95 km²1xChon Buri
Pattaya
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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