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A canal bridge in autumn, Amsterdam
AmsterdamA canal bridge in autumn
The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign

Photos: Amsterdam by Hans, Pexels License; Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amsterdam or Las Vegas?

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 Amsterdam for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Las Vegas for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Las Vegas’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. Amsterdam 25, Las Vegas 10: Amsterdam leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Amsterdam 58, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Amsterdam 82, Las Vegas 25: Amsterdam leads by 57 points.
Nightlife. Amsterdam 77, Las Vegas 88: Las Vegas leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amsterdam 47, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Amsterdam 87, Las Vegas 25: Amsterdam leads by 62 points.
Good for families. Amsterdam 72, Las Vegas 25: Amsterdam leads by 47 points.
Getting around. Amsterdam 86, Las Vegas 38: Amsterdam leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Amsterdam 68, Las Vegas 64: Amsterdam leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Amsterdam 22, Las Vegas 35: Las Vegas leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amsterdam and Las Vegas are level on 78.
Wellness & relaxation. Amsterdam 42, Las Vegas 40: Amsterdam leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amsterdam and Las Vegas.

Your match

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

Amsterdam
Best match
62match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Las Vegas
47match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Amsterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Amsterdam 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.

Amsterdam's sunshine is measured 35 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amsterdam: 1991-2020 normals, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (12 km from centre). Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmsterdamLas Vegas
Official languageDutch-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation-2 m610 m
Main airportAmsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)12 km from centre287 non-stop destinationsHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmsterdamLas Vegas
City population921,468641,903
People per km²4,2081,843
Museums within 10 km10121
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.