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The Friedrichsbad, the historic bathhouse, Baden-Baden
Baden-BadenThe Friedrichsbad, the historic bathhouse
Bell Rock outside Sedona, Sedona
SedonaBell Rock outside Sedona

Photos: Baden-Baden by Kent Wang, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Sedona by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Baden-Baden or Sedona?

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 Baden-Baden for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Sedona for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Sedona’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. Baden-Baden 8, Sedona 16: Sedona leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Baden-Baden 45, Sedona 33: Baden-Baden leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Baden-Baden 52, Sedona 20: Baden-Baden leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Baden-Baden 15, Sedona 8: Baden-Baden leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baden-Baden 70, Sedona 93: Sedona leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Baden-Baden 78, Sedona 55: Baden-Baden leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Baden-Baden 50, Sedona 42: Baden-Baden leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Baden-Baden 62, Sedona 22: Baden-Baden leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Baden-Baden 38, Sedona 34: Baden-Baden leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Baden-Baden 30, Sedona 18: Baden-Baden leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baden-Baden 58, Sedona 13: Baden-Baden leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baden-Baden 96, Sedona 82: Baden-Baden leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baden-Baden and Sedona.

Your match

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

Baden-Baden
Best match
50match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around with your weighting.

Sedona
36match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Baden-Baden in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
117 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Sedona in July

34 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
51 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Sedona's station stands 153 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Sedona 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. Baden-Baden: 1991-2020 normals, Baden-Baden-Geroldsau (3.9 km from centre). Sedona: 2009-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sedona / West Sedona (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBaden-BadenSedona
Official languageGerman-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number112911
Elevation181 m1,319 m
Main airportKarlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport (FKB)12 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)160 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBaden-BadenSedona
City population56,9529,684
People per km²406195
Museums within 10 km110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.