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The Massachusetts State House, Boston
BostonThe Massachusetts State House
The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign

Photos: Boston by Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Boston 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 Boston for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Las Vegas for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • wellness

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. Boston 35, Las Vegas 10: Boston leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Boston 64, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Boston 72, Las Vegas 25: Boston leads by 47 points.
Nightlife. Boston 47, Las Vegas 88: Las Vegas leads by 41 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boston 60, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Boston 72, Las Vegas 25: Boston leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Boston 72, Las Vegas 25: Boston leads by 47 points.
Getting around. Boston 70, Las Vegas 38: Boston leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Boston 55, Las Vegas 64: Las Vegas leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Boston 18, Las Vegas 35: Las Vegas leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boston 72, Las Vegas 78: Las Vegas leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boston 30, Las Vegas 40: Las Vegas leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Boston and Las Vegas.

Your match

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

Boston
Best match
56match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

Las Vegas
47match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Boston in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
18 °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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BostonLas Vegas

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Boston: 1991-2020 normals, Boston Logan International (3.5 km from centre). Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBostonLas Vegas
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation43 m610 m
Main airportBoston Logan International Airport (BOS)4 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBostonLas Vegas
City population675,647641,903
People per km²2,9101,843
Museums within 10 km5121
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). 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.