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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 Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Alta, Utah by Sumanch, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Alta, Utah or Nairobi?

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

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Nairobi for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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, Nairobi 4: Nairobi leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Alta, Utah 15, Nairobi 48: Nairobi leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Alta, Utah 5, Nairobi 35: Nairobi leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Alta, Utah 4, Nairobi 58: Nairobi leads by 54 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alta, Utah 90, Nairobi 84: Alta, Utah leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Alta, Utah 40, Nairobi 28: Alta, Utah leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Alta, Utah 30, Nairobi 55: Nairobi leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Alta, Utah 35, Nairobi 20: Alta, Utah leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Alta, Utah 4, Nairobi 45: Nairobi leads by 41 points.
Affordability. Alta, Utah 15, Nairobi 60: Nairobi leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alta, Utah 3, Nairobi 35: Nairobi leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alta, Utah 35, Nairobi 25: Alta, Utah 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 Nairobi.

Your match

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

Alta, Utah
23match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Nairobi
Best match
41match

Wins on nightlife and prices 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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Alta, UtahNairobi

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. Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlta, UtahNairobi
Official language-English, Swahili
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number911Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation2,610 m1,661 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)37 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlta, UtahNairobi
City population2285,545,000
People per km²197,967
Museums within 10 km04
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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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.