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The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol
A madrasa and its minarets on the Registan, Samarkand
SamarkandA madrasa and its minarets on the Registan

Photos: Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Samarkand by Yaşar Başkurt, Pexels License.

Atlanta or Samarkand?

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
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Samarkand for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Samarkand’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, Samarkand 4: Atlanta leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Atlanta 68, Samarkand 54: Atlanta leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Atlanta 55, Samarkand 84: Samarkand leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Atlanta 65, Samarkand 14: Atlanta leads by 51 points.
Nature & outdoors. Atlanta 60, Samarkand 40: Atlanta leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Atlanta 52, Samarkand 72: Samarkand leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Atlanta 70, Samarkand 30: Atlanta leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Atlanta 28, Samarkand 58: Samarkand leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Atlanta 50, Samarkand 42: Atlanta leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Atlanta 40, Samarkand 80: Samarkand leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Atlanta 62, Samarkand 24: Atlanta leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Atlanta 33, Samarkand 32: Atlanta leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Atlanta and Samarkand.

Your match

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

Atlanta
Best match
49match

Wins on nightlife and families with your weighting.

Samarkand
45match

Wins on prices 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
14 hdaylight a day

Samarkand in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
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

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). Samarkand: 1991-2020 normals, Samarkand (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAtlantaSamarkand
Official language-Uzbek
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Uzbekistan Sum (UZS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+5
Emergency number911112
Elevation225 m702 m
Main airportHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinationsSamarkand International Airport (SKD)5 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAtlantaSamarkand
City population498,715546,303
People per km²1,4335,058
Museums within 10 km2711
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.