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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
Swayambhunath with its prayer flags, Kathmandu
KathmanduSwayambhunath with its prayer flags

Photos: Alta, Utah by Sumanch, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Kathmandu by Nabin K. Sapkota, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Alta, Utah 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 Alta, Utah for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Alta, Utah’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. Alta, Utah 3, Kathmandu 4: Kathmandu leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Alta, Utah 15, Kathmandu 55: Kathmandu leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Alta, Utah 5, Kathmandu 82: Kathmandu leads by 77 points.
Nightlife. Alta, Utah 4, Kathmandu 36: Kathmandu leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alta, Utah 90, Kathmandu 70: Alta, Utah leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Alta, Utah 40, Kathmandu 56: Kathmandu leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Alta, Utah 30, Kathmandu 20: Alta, Utah leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Alta, Utah 35, Kathmandu 25: Alta, Utah leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Alta, Utah 4, Kathmandu 55: Kathmandu leads by 51 points.
Affordability. Alta, Utah 15, Kathmandu 97: Kathmandu leads by 82 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alta, Utah 3, Kathmandu 28: Kathmandu leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alta, Utah 35, Kathmandu 45: Kathmandu leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alta, Utah and Kathmandu.

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 families with your weighting.

Kathmandu
Best match
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.

Alta, Utah in July

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

Kathmandu in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
384 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Alta, UtahKathmandu

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. Kathmandu: 1991-2020 normals, Kathmandu Airport (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlta, UtahKathmandu
Official language-Nepali
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Nepalese Rupee (NPR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+5:45
Emergency number911Police 100, ambulance 102, fire 101
Elevation2,610 m1,300 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)37 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsTribhuvan International Airport (KTM)4 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAlta, UtahKathmandu
City population228845,767
People per km²1917,121
Museums within 10 km09
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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. 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.