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The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge

Photos: Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; London by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Atlanta or London?

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

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose London for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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 10, London 25: London leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Atlanta 68, London 84: London leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Atlanta 55, London 94: London leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Atlanta 65, London 88: London leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Atlanta 60, London 57: Atlanta leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Atlanta 52, London 90: London leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Atlanta 70, London 82: London leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Atlanta 28, London 85: London leads by 57 points.
Shopping & style. Atlanta 50, London 95: London leads by 45 points.
Affordability. Atlanta 40, London 15: Atlanta leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Atlanta 62, London 98: London leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Atlanta 33, London 40: London leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Atlanta and London.

Your match

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

Atlanta
49match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

London
Best match
71match

Wins on getting around and shopping 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
14 hdaylight a day

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
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.

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). London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAtlantaLondon
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 m4 m
Main airportHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinationsLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureAtlantaLondon
City population498,7158,799,728
People per km²1,4335,598
Museums within 10 km27216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04

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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. 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.