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A canal bridge in autumn, Amsterdam
AmsterdamA canal bridge in autumn
The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square

Photos: Amsterdam by Hans, Pexels License; Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Amsterdam or Salt Lake 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

  • day trips
  • nightlife
  • getting around

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

Choose Salt Lake City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Salt Lake 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, Salt Lake City 12: Amsterdam leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Amsterdam 58, Salt Lake City 40: Amsterdam leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Amsterdam 82, Salt Lake City 42: Amsterdam leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Amsterdam 77, Salt Lake City 30: Amsterdam leads by 47 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amsterdam 47, Salt Lake City 90: Salt Lake City leads by 43 points.
Day trips. Amsterdam 87, Salt Lake City 34: Amsterdam leads by 53 points.
Good for families. Amsterdam and Salt Lake City are level on 72.
Getting around. Amsterdam 86, Salt Lake City 42: Amsterdam leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Amsterdam 68, Salt Lake City 36: Amsterdam leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Amsterdam 22, Salt Lake City 40: Salt Lake City leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amsterdam 78, Salt Lake City 55: Amsterdam leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amsterdam 42, Salt Lake City 38: Amsterdam leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amsterdam and Salt Lake City.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Salt Lake City
44match

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

Salt Lake City in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
13 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amsterdam: 1991-2020 normals, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (12 km from centre). Salt Lake City: 1991-2020 normals, Salt Lake City International Airport (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmsterdamSalt Lake 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 m1,288 m
Main airportAmsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)12 km from centre287 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmsterdamSalt Lake City
City population921,468199,723
People per km²4,208690
Museums within 10 km10112
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.