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Bangkok vs Canggu for working from cafes
Canggu comes out ahead: its cafes average 3.88 against 3.35 in Bangkok, across 377 places read in Canggu and 220 in Bangkok. Bangkok is not behind on everything: 81% of the cafes we judged in Bangkok are laptop friendly, against 76% in Canggu. Both sets of percentages rest on a subset of the catalogue (61 Wi-Fi verdicts in Bangkok, 251 in Canggu), not on every cafe listed.
| Measure | Bangkok | Canggu |
|---|---|---|
| Cafes read | 220 | 377 |
| Average score | 3.35 | 3.88 |
| Fast Wi-Fi | 49 of 61 with a Wi-Fi verdict (80%) | 196 of 251 with a Wi-Fi verdict (78%) |
| Laptop friendly | 85 of 105 judged (81%) | 212 of 280 judged (76%) |
| Open at 9pm | 33 of 220 read (15%) | 229 of 377 read (61%) |
| Open 24 hours | 3 | 11 |
Wi-Fi and laptop shares are counted against the cafes that carry that verdict, not against every cafe in the city. The denominators are in the cells for that reason.
What each city is good for
Bangkok
Bangkok is the smaller catalogue of the two, 220 cafes read against 377, so expect a shorter list rather than a worse one. Where it pulls ahead: 81% of the cafes we judged in Bangkok are laptop friendly, against 76% in Canggu, and 80% of the cafes with a Wi-Fi verdict in Bangkok are fast, against 78% in Canggu.
Canggu
Canggu is the bigger catalogue of the two, 377 cafes read against 220. Where it pulls ahead: its cafes average 3.88 against 3.35, and 61% of Canggu cafes are still open at 9pm, against 15% in Bangkok.
Bangkok and Canggu, answered
- Is Bangkok or Canggu better for working from cafes?
- Canggu comes out ahead: its cafes average 3.88 against 3.35 in Bangkok, across 377 places read in Canggu and 220 in Bangkok. Bangkok is not behind on everything: 81% of the cafes we judged in Bangkok are laptop friendly, against 76% in Canggu. Both sets of percentages rest on a subset of the catalogue (61 Wi-Fi verdicts in Bangkok, 251 in Canggu), not on every cafe listed.
- Which has more cafes open late, Bangkok or Canggu?
- Bangkok has 33 cafes still open at 9pm out of 220 read (15%), and Canggu has 229 out of 377 (61%). Round the clock is rarer: 3 in Bangkok, 11 in Canggu. Closing times come from each venue's own hours rather than from an estimate.
- How reliable are these Wi-Fi and laptop numbers?
- They are shares of a subset, never of the whole catalogue. A Wi-Fi verdict exists for 61 of the 220 cafes in Bangkok and 251 of the 377 in Canggu; a laptop verdict for 105 and 280. A percentage taken from a few dozen places moves a lot on one new review, so compare the counts before the percentages.
Other comparisons are listed at the bottom of every city we have read.