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The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol
The Limmat from Quaibrücke, Zurich
ZurichThe Limmat from Quaibrücke

Photos: Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Zurich by Daniel Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Atlanta or Zurich?

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
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose Zurich for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Zurich’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, Zurich 45: Zurich leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Atlanta 68, Zurich 53: Atlanta leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Atlanta 55, Zurich 58: Zurich leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Atlanta 65, Zurich 62: Atlanta leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Atlanta 60, Zurich 80: Zurich leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Atlanta 52, Zurich 84: Zurich leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Atlanta 70, Zurich 76: Zurich leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Atlanta 28, Zurich 95: Zurich leads by 67 points.
Shopping & style. Atlanta 50, Zurich 66: Zurich leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Atlanta 40, Zurich 3: Atlanta leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Atlanta 62, Zurich 70: Zurich leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Atlanta 33, Zurich 58: Zurich leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Atlanta and Zurich.

Your match

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

Atlanta
49match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Zurich
Best match
63match

Wins on getting around and beaches 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

Zurich in July

24 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
126 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). Zurich: 1991-2020 normals, Zurich Town / Ville. (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAtlantaZurich
Official language-French, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation225 m408 m
Main airportHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)9 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAtlantaZurich
City population498,715440,935
People per km²1,4335,016
Museums within 10 km2763
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.