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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bilbao or Las Vegas?

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 Bilbao for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Las Vegas for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Las Vegas’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. Bilbao 45, Las Vegas 10: Bilbao leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Las Vegas 68: Bilbao leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Las Vegas 25: Bilbao leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Las Vegas 88: Las Vegas leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Las Vegas 68: Bilbao leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Las Vegas 25: Bilbao leads by 53 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Las Vegas 25: Bilbao leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Las Vegas 38: Bilbao leads by 41 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Las Vegas 64: Las Vegas leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Las Vegas 35: Bilbao leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Las Vegas 78: Las Vegas leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 33, Las Vegas 40: Las Vegas leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bilbao and Las Vegas.

Your match

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

Bilbao
Best match
59match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Las Vegas
47match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Bilbao in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BilbaoLas Vegas

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoLas Vegas
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation19 m610 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoLas Vegas
City population351,124641,903
People per km²8,4401,843
Museums within 10 km1721
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month-

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.