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The Atomium, Brussels
BrusselsThe Atomium
The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign

Photos: Brussels by Ettanghe, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Brussels 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 Brussels for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • families

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

Choose Las Vegas for

  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

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. Brussels 18, Las Vegas 10: Brussels leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Brussels 72, Las Vegas 68: Brussels leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Brussels 74, Las Vegas 25: Brussels leads by 49 points.
Nightlife. Brussels 60, Las Vegas 88: Las Vegas leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brussels 45, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Brussels 89, Las Vegas 25: Brussels leads by 64 points.
Good for families. Brussels 60, Las Vegas 25: Brussels leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Brussels 72, Las Vegas 38: Brussels leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Brussels 62, Las Vegas 64: Las Vegas leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Brussels 40, Las Vegas 35: Brussels leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brussels 68, Las Vegas 78: Las Vegas leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brussels 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: Brussels and Las Vegas.

Your match

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

Brussels
Best match
58match

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

Las Vegas
47match

Wins on nightlife and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Brussels in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 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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BrusselsLas Vegas

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brussels: 1991-2020 normals, Uccle (5.2 km from centre). Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrusselsLas Vegas
Official languageFrench, German, Dutch-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation70 m610 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)11 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrusselsLas Vegas
City population195,546641,903
People per km²5,9081,843
Museums within 10 km10621
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km100

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.