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Haedong Yonggungsa temple on the rocks by the sea, Busan
BusanHaedong Yonggungsa temple on the rocks by the sea
The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign

Photos: Busan by Andrea De Santis, Pexels License; Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Busan 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 Busan for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Las Vegas for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • 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. Busan 68, Las Vegas 10: Busan leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Busan 72, Las Vegas 68: Busan leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Busan 52, Las Vegas 25: Busan leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Busan 60, Las Vegas 88: Las Vegas leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Busan 74, Las Vegas 68: Busan leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Busan 74, Las Vegas 25: Busan leads by 49 points.
Good for families. Busan 70, Las Vegas 25: Busan leads by 45 points.
Getting around. Busan 68, Las Vegas 38: Busan leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Busan 60, Las Vegas 64: Las Vegas leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Busan 56, Las Vegas 35: Busan leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Busan 42, Las Vegas 78: Las Vegas leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Busan 78, Las Vegas 40: Busan leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Busan and Las Vegas.

Your match

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

Busan
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Las Vegas
47match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Busan in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
352 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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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BusanLas Vegas

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Busan: 1991-2020 normals, Pusan (9.7 km from centre). Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBusanLas Vegas
Official languageKorean, Korean Sign Language-
CurrencyWon (KRW)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 119, fire 119911
Elevation30 m610 m
Main airportGimhae International Airport (PUS)12 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBusanLas Vegas
City population3,453,198641,903
People per km²4,4861,843
Museums within 10 km721
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months-

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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.