Hat Yai logs 317 hot days a year to Phuket's 10 — Phuket wins by 307. Phuket also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 1.

Phuket averages $1,159/mo for balanced living; Hat Yai has no cost baseline yet.

Phuket scores 2.0 on mobility (0–5 scale); Hat Yai has no mobility baseline.

Phuket's culture score of 2.1 sits well above Hat Yai's 0.0.

Phuket scores 4.3 on nature & outdoors (0–5 scale); Hat Yai has no nature & outdoors baseline.

Phuket scores 1.8 on safety (0–5 scale); Hat Yai has no safety baseline.

Phuket scores 1.4 on career (0–5 scale); Hat Yai has no career baseline.

Phuket scores 3.1 on social & community (0–5 scale); Hat Yai has no social & community baseline.

Phuket scores 3.2 on food & dining (0–5 scale); Hat Yai has no food & dining baseline.

Phuket scores 2.3 on family (0–5 scale); Hat Yai has no family baseline.

Phuket scores 3.1 on healthcare (0–5 scale); Hat Yai has no healthcare baseline.

Hat Yai averages 22.9 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Phuket's 15.1 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Phuket breathes ~34% cleaner air (7.8 µg/m³ lower).

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