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The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol
Pulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon, Bath
BathPulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon

Photos: Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Bath by Lucas Carlini, Pexels License.

Atlanta or Bath?

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 Atlanta for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • families

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

Choose Bath for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Bath’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. Atlanta and Bath are level on 10.
Food & drink. Atlanta 68, Bath 44: Atlanta leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Atlanta 55, Bath 68: Bath leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Atlanta 65, Bath 30: Atlanta leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Atlanta 60, Bath 58: Atlanta leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Atlanta 52, Bath 80: Bath leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Atlanta 70, Bath 50: Atlanta leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Atlanta 28, Bath 72: Bath leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Atlanta 50, Bath 54: Bath leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Atlanta 40, Bath 27: Atlanta leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Atlanta 62, Bath 44: Atlanta leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Atlanta 33, Bath 78: Bath leads by 45 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Atlanta and Bath.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Atlanta
49match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

Bath
51match

Wins on wellness 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.

Atlanta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
120 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Bath in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °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

Atlanta 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.

Bath's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Lyneham.

Bath 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. Atlanta: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Atlanta / Carroll Heights (12.5 km from centre). Bath: 1991-2020 normals, Lyneham (29.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAtlantaBath
Official language-English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112 or 999
Elevation225 m132 m
Main airportHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinationsBristol Airport (BRS)25 km from centre117 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureAtlantaBath
City population498,71594,092
People per km²1,4333,245
Museums within 10 km2717
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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). 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.