Climate
Hat Yai logs 0 outdoor-dinner months a year to Nakhon Si Thammarat's 1 — Nakhon Si Thammarat wins by 1. Nakhon Si Thammarat also leads on hot days by 130.
Hat Yai
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Nakhon Si Thammarat
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Air Quality
Hat Yai averages 22.9 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Nakhon Si Thammarat's 21.3 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Nakhon Si Thammarat breathes ~7% cleaner air (1.6 µg/m³ lower).
Hat Yai
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.
Hat Yai (437K) and Nakhon Si Thammarat (145K) are 3.0x in population — Hat Yai is the larger metro, Nakhon Si Thammarat the smaller; on land area Hat Yai spans roughly 2.3x more ground.
Hat Yai is roughly 2.6x the scale of Nakhon Si Thammarat
Combined population & area comparison
Hat YaiNakhon Si ThammaratCity Scale Rankings
Hat Yai437K3.0xNakhon Si Thammarat145K1xHat Yai81 km²2.3xNakhon Si Thammarat36 km²1xHat Yai
Nakhon Si Thammarat
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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