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Skiers at the Albion base of the ski area, Alta, Utah
Alta, UtahSkiers at the Albion base of the ski area
The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river

Photos: Alta, Utah by Sumanch, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Alta, Utah or Bilbao?

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 Alta, Utah for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Alta, Utah’s own page.

Choose Bilbao for

  • food and drink
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Bilbao’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. Alta, Utah 3, Bilbao 45: Bilbao leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Alta, Utah 15, Bilbao 81: Bilbao leads by 66 points.
Culture & sights. Alta, Utah 5, Bilbao 62: Bilbao leads by 57 points.
Nightlife. Alta, Utah 4, Bilbao 54: Bilbao leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alta, Utah 90, Bilbao 75: Alta, Utah leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Alta, Utah 40, Bilbao 78: Bilbao leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Alta, Utah 30, Bilbao 55: Bilbao leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Alta, Utah 35, Bilbao 79: Bilbao leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Alta, Utah 4, Bilbao 47: Bilbao leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Alta, Utah 15, Bilbao 44: Bilbao leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alta, Utah 3, Bilbao 53: Bilbao leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alta, Utah 35, Bilbao 33: Alta, Utah leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alta, Utah and Bilbao.

Your match

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

Alta, Utah
23match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

Bilbao
Best match
59match

Wins on food and drink 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.

Alta, Utah in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Bilbao in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Alta, UtahBilbao

Where the figures come from

Alta, Utah has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alta, Utah: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlta, UtahBilbao
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,610 m19 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)37 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlta, UtahBilbao
City population228351,124
People per km²198,440
Museums within 10 km017
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-1 month

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.