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The Qasr al-Farid tomb at Hegra near AlUla, AlUla
AlUlaThe Qasr al-Farid tomb at Hegra near AlUla
The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70

Photos: AlUla by Richard.hargas, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

AlUla or Seattle?

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 AlUla for

  • culture and sights
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on AlUla’s own page.

Choose Seattle for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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. AlUla 3, Seattle 30: Seattle leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. AlUla 28, Seattle 66: Seattle leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. AlUla 70, Seattle 50: AlUla leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. AlUla 5, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. AlUla 72, Seattle 87: Seattle leads by 15 points.
Day trips. AlUla 20, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 35 points.
Good for families. AlUla 35, Seattle 64: Seattle leads by 29 points.
Getting around. AlUla 15, Seattle 60: Seattle leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. AlUla 15, Seattle 52: Seattle leads by 37 points.
Affordability. AlUla 18, Seattle 22: Seattle leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. AlUla 28, Seattle 70: Seattle leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. AlUla 45, Seattle 40: AlUla leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: AlUla and Seattle.

Your match

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

AlUla
30match

Wins on culture and sights and wellness with your weighting.

Seattle
Best match
54match

Wins on nightlife and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

AlUla in July

43 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

AlUla has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. AlUla: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Alula / Al ‘Ulá (23.7 km from centre). Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlUlaSeattle
Official languageArabic-
CurrencySaudi Riyal (SAR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112 or 911911
Elevation692 m40 m
Main airportAl-Ula International Airport (ULH)24 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlUlaSeattle
City population32,413737,015
People per km²-1,996
Museums within 10 km227
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.