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A canal bridge in autumn, Amsterdam
AmsterdamA canal bridge in autumn
Main Street in winter, with snow on the mountainside, Park City
Park CityMain Street in winter, with snow on the mountainside

Photos: Amsterdam by Hans, Pexels License; Park City by Quang Vuong, Pexels License.

Amsterdam or Park City?

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

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Park City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Park City’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, Park City 8: Amsterdam leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Amsterdam 58, Park City 40: Amsterdam leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Amsterdam 82, Park City 18: Amsterdam leads by 64 points.
Nightlife. Amsterdam 77, Park City 25: Amsterdam leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amsterdam 47, Park City 92: Park City leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Amsterdam 87, Park City 40: Amsterdam leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Amsterdam 72, Park City 68: Amsterdam leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Amsterdam 86, Park City 60: Amsterdam leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Amsterdam 68, Park City 35: Amsterdam leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Amsterdam 22, Park City 12: Amsterdam leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amsterdam 78, Park City 28: Amsterdam leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amsterdam 42, Park City 52: Park City leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amsterdam and Park City.

Your match

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

Amsterdam
Best match
62match

Wins on culture and sights and nightlife with your weighting.

Park City
40match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Park City in July

28 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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.

Park City's temperatures are measured 79 km from the centre, at Evanston.

Park City 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. Amsterdam: 1991-2020 normals, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (12 km from centre). Park City: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Evanston (78.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmsterdamPark City
Official languageDutch-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation-2 m2,134 m
Main airportAmsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)12 km from centre287 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)43 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmsterdamPark City
City population921,4688,396
People per km²4,208185
Museums within 10 km1011
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.