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The Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens, Adelaide
AdelaideThe Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens
Swayambhunath with its prayer flags, Kathmandu
KathmanduSwayambhunath with its prayer flags

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Kathmandu by Nabin K. Sapkota, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Adelaide or Kathmandu?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Adelaide for

  • beaches
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Adelaide’s own page.

Choose Kathmandu for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Kathmandu’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Adelaide 68, Kathmandu 4: Adelaide leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, Kathmandu 55: Adelaide leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Kathmandu 82: Kathmandu leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide 42, Kathmandu 36: Adelaide leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide 66, Kathmandu 70: Kathmandu leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, Kathmandu 56: Adelaide leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Kathmandu 20: Adelaide leads by 50 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Kathmandu 25: Adelaide leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide 44, Kathmandu 55: Kathmandu leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Kathmandu 97: Kathmandu leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Kathmandu 28: Adelaide leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, Kathmandu 45: Kathmandu leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Kathmandu.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Adelaide
Best match
56match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Kathmandu
48match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Adelaide in July

16 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Kathmandu in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
384 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AdelaideKathmandu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Kathmandu: 1991-2020 normals, Kathmandu Airport (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaideKathmandu
Official languageEnglishNepali
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Nepalese Rupee (NPR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+9:30, UTC+10:30 in summerUTC+5:45
Emergency number000Police 100, ambulance 102, fire 101
Elevation1 m1,300 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsTribhuvan International Airport (KTM)4 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaideKathmandu
City population1,387,290845,767
People per km²1,07117,121
Museums within 10 km139
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months-

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.