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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 Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat

Photos: Alta, Utah by Sumanch, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Alta, Utah or Geneva?

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

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Geneva for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Geneva’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, Geneva 45: Geneva leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Alta, Utah 15, Geneva 55: Geneva leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Alta, Utah 5, Geneva 58: Geneva leads by 53 points.
Nightlife. Alta, Utah 4, Geneva 38: Geneva leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alta, Utah 90, Geneva 82: Alta, Utah leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Alta, Utah 40, Geneva 80: Geneva leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Alta, Utah 30, Geneva 57: Geneva leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Alta, Utah 35, Geneva 86: Geneva leads by 51 points.
Shopping & style. Alta, Utah 4, Geneva 68: Geneva leads by 64 points.
Affordability. Alta, Utah 15, Geneva 5: Alta, Utah leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alta, Utah 3, Geneva 60: Geneva leads by 57 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alta, Utah 35, Geneva 55: Geneva leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alta, Utah and Geneva.

Your match

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

Alta, Utah
23match

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

Geneva
Best match
57match

Wins on shopping and live music and the arts 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
15 hdaylight a day

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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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. Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlta, UtahGeneva
Official language-French, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,610 m403 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)37 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlta, UtahGeneva
City population228211,152
People per km²1913,280
Museums within 10 km034
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02

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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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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.