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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
Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple

Photos: Alta, Utah by Sumanch, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License.

Alta, Utah or Osaka?

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 Osaka for

  • food and drink
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Osaka’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, Osaka 34: Osaka leads by 31 points.
Food & drink. Alta, Utah 15, Osaka 91: Osaka leads by 76 points.
Culture & sights. Alta, Utah 5, Osaka 63: Osaka leads by 58 points.
Nightlife. Alta, Utah 4, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 76 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alta, Utah 90, Osaka 58: Alta, Utah leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Alta, Utah 40, Osaka 97: Osaka leads by 57 points.
Good for families. Alta, Utah 30, Osaka 88: Osaka leads by 58 points.
Getting around. Alta, Utah 35, Osaka 90: Osaka leads by 55 points.
Shopping & style. Alta, Utah 4, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 76 points.
Affordability. Alta, Utah 15, Osaka 60: Osaka leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alta, Utah 3, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 63 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alta, Utah 35, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alta, Utah and Osaka.

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.

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on food and drink and nightlife 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

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Alta, UtahOsaka

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. Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlta, UtahOsaka
Official language-Japanese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation2,610 m20 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)37 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlta, UtahOsaka
City population2282,751,862
People per km²1912,340
Museums within 10 km044
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km06
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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.