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The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza
The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square

Photos: Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Cairo or Salt Lake City?

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 Cairo for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Salt Lake City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Salt Lake City’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. Cairo 10, Salt Lake City 12: Salt Lake City leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Cairo 60, Salt Lake City 40: Cairo leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Cairo 96, Salt Lake City 42: Cairo leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Cairo 48, Salt Lake City 30: Cairo leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cairo 30, Salt Lake City 90: Salt Lake City leads by 60 points.
Day trips. Cairo 66, Salt Lake City 34: Cairo leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Cairo 32, Salt Lake City 72: Salt Lake City leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Cairo 35, Salt Lake City 42: Salt Lake City leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Cairo 58, Salt Lake City 36: Cairo leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Cairo 95, Salt Lake City 40: Cairo leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cairo 50, Salt Lake City 55: Salt Lake City leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cairo 15, Salt Lake City 38: Salt Lake City leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cairo and Salt Lake City.

Your match

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

Cairo
Best match
50match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Salt Lake City
44match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cairo in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Salt Lake City in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CairoSalt Lake City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cairo: 1991-2020 normals, Helwan (21.9 km from centre). Salt Lake City: 1991-2020 normals, Salt Lake City International Airport (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCairoSalt Lake City
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation23 m1,288 m
Main airportCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCairoSalt Lake City
City population9,801,536199,723
People per km²18,564690
Museums within 10 km4812
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). 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.