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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 Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
MacauThe Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline

Photos: Alta, Utah by Sumanch, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Macau by tian Jin, Pexels License.

Alta, Utah or Macau?

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

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

Choose Macau for

  • food and drink
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Macau’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, Macau 24: Macau leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Alta, Utah 15, Macau 77: Macau leads by 62 points.
Culture & sights. Alta, Utah 5, Macau 62: Macau leads by 57 points.
Nightlife. Alta, Utah 4, Macau 40: Macau leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alta, Utah 90, Macau 5: Alta, Utah leads by 85 points.
Day trips. Alta, Utah 40, Macau 52: Macau leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Alta, Utah 30, Macau 48: Macau leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Alta, Utah 35, Macau 60: Macau leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Alta, Utah 4, Macau 58: Macau leads by 54 points.
Affordability. Alta, Utah 15, Macau 44: Macau leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alta, Utah 3, Macau 36: Macau leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alta, Utah 35, Macau 40: Macau leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alta, Utah and Macau.

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 with your weighting.

Macau
Best match
46match

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

Macau in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
281 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Alta, UtahMacau

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. Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlta, UtahMacau
Official language-Portuguese, Cantonese, Standard Chinese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Pataca (MOP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzFGM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911999
Elevation2,610 m22 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)37 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAlta, UtahMacau
City population228682,100
People per km²195,916
Museums within 10 km028
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 months

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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. 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.