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Time Out Loud's latest dating and romance survey has Bangkok sitting sexy at the top of the rankings – and we've got the juicy breakdown.
Based on over 2,600 Time Outers across Asia (plus 1,300 in Australia, analysed separately), the data identifies the spiciest cities in the region for dating and desire.
A little tease before we show the whole ranking: Bangkok ranks in the top three across four of five romance metrics – we're talking categories that measure real romantic momentum: how often people are having sex, flirting, dating, nights out with steamy action potential.
It's partly the people here – the stats say they're attractive and game – but the city creates the conditions too. Bangkok's infrastructure works in your favour: the spaces, the social rhythms, the sensory pull. Dim-lit spots that feel inherently sexy, first dates that don't default to bar stools.
And this shows, to an extent, how Bangkokians actually date, flirt and build romantic lives, a vital slice of the full spectrum of human connection.
The scoreboard tracks volume, not voltage. Every city writes its own erotic grammar, its own clockwork and courtship dance. Some pounce, others prowl. Statistics tally encounters, not electricity!
Bangkok’s rankings
Have sex: Second place
Again just behind Macau (9.2 times monthly versus Bangkok's 9.1) and ahead of every other Asian city listed.
Have a night out that might lead to romance: Second place
Only Macau ranks higher. Bangkok clocks in at 7.4 nights per month on average, trailing Macau's frankly excessive 11.2 but comfortably ahead of Kuala Lumpur (6.0), Beijing (5.8).
Go out on dates or have date nights: Third place
Still top three. Macau takes first at 12.0, Beijing follows in second at 7.0 and Bangkok lands right behind at 6.9, ahead of Taipei, Manila and the rest of the pack.
Flirt with someone: Third place
Macau takes first at 12.0, Beijing narrowly edges second at 7.0 and Bangkok sits right after at 6.9.
See someone attractive: Sixth place
This one sparks a bit of rivalry if we’re being honest. Bangkok lands at 8.7, with Macau, Manila, Kuala Lumpur and Vietnam’s big cities ranking higher. But maybe Bangkok doesn’t need to win every beauty contest when it’s already ahead and busy in other ways.
Chiang Mai hovers mid-table across the romance metrics. Eighth for nights with action potential, sixth for sex frequency, eleventh for dates. Flirting clocks in at joint thirteenth alongside Kyoto, while spotting hotties puts it at ninth.
Full picture
16 Asian cities ranked across every category, ordered by the data and rounded to one decimal so you can see exactly how they compare.
Nights out that might lead to romance
- Macau – 11.2
- Bangkok – 7.4
- Kuala Lumpur – 6.0
- Beijing – 5.8
- Hanoi – 5.6
- Ho Chi Minh City – 4.9
- Taipei – 4.9
- Chiang Mai – 4.7
- Manila – 4.6
- Shanghai – 4.6
- Seoul – 4.2
- Osaka – 2.9
- Tokyo – 2.8
- Kyoto – 2.8
- Hong Kong – 2.0
- Singapore – 1.9
Sex frequency
- Macau – 9.2
- Bangkok – 9.1
- Kuala Lumpur – 6.8
- Shanghai – 5.9
- Hanoi – 5.9
- Chiang Mai – 5.6
- Manila – 5.5
- Taipei – 5.0
- Beijing – 4.9
- Ho Chi Minh City – 4.7
- Singapore – 3.7
- Seoul – 3.6
- Hong Kong – 3.2
- Osaka – 3.1
- Tokyo – 2.6
- Kyoto – 2.1
Date nights
- Macau – 12.0
- Beijing – 7.0
- Bangkok – 6.9
- Taipei – 5.7
- Manila – 5.5
- Ho Chi Minh City – 5.2
- Hanoi – 5.2
- Shanghai – 4.9
- Kuala Lumpur – 4.7
- Seoul – 4.3
- Chiang Mai – 3.9
- Osaka – 3.5
- Tokyo – 3.3
- Hong Kong – 3.1
- Singapore – 3.1
- Kyoto – 2.0
Flirting with someone
- Macau – 10.2
- Manila – 6.6
- Bangkok – 6.2
- Shanghai – 6.0
- Beijing – 5.7
- Kuala Lumpur – 5.7
- Taipei – 4.9
- Tokyo – 4.3
- Hanoi – 4.3
- Seoul – 3.8
- Osaka – 3.6
- Ho Chi Minh City – 3.6
- Chiang Mai – 3.3
- Kyoto – 3.3
- Singapore – 3.1
- Hong Kong – 2.9
Seeing someone attractive
- Macau – 11.0
- Manila – 10.7
- Kuala Lumpur – 9.8
- Ho Chi Minh City – 9.1
- Hanoi – 9.0
- Bangkok – 8.7
- Taipei – 8.5
- Beijing – 8.2
- Chiang Mai – 8.1
- Singapore – 7.8
- Shanghai – 7.5
- Hong Kong – 7.2
- Seoul – 5.2
- Osaka – 5.2
- Tokyo – 4.6
- Kyoto – 2.9