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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
Main Street in winter, with snow on the mountainside, Park City
Park CityMain Street in winter, with snow on the mountainside

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Park City by Quang Vuong, Pexels License.

Austin or Park 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 Austin for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Park City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Park 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. Austin 30, Park City 8: Austin leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Park City 40: Austin leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Park City 18: Austin leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Park City 25: Austin leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Park City 92: Park City leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Park City 40: Austin leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Park City 68: Park City leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Park City 60: Park City leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Park City 35: Austin leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Park City 12: Austin leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Park City 28: Austin leads by 49 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, Park City 52: Park City leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Park City.

Your match

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

Austin
Best match
50match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Park City
40match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Park City in July

28 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AustinPark City

Where the figures come from

Park City's temperatures are measured 79 km from the centre, at Evanston.

Park City 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. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Park City: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Evanston (78.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinPark City
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation149 m2,134 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)43 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinPark City
City population961,8558,396
People per km²1,217185
Museums within 10 km211
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.