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Beira Lake with Seema Malaka and the Lotus Tower, Colombo
ColomboBeira Lake with Seema Malaka and the Lotus Tower
The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign

Photos: Colombo by Mohamed Ansaf, Pexels License; Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Colombo 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 Colombo for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Las Vegas for

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

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. Colombo 55, Las Vegas 10: Colombo leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Colombo 66, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Colombo 45, Las Vegas 25: Colombo leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Colombo 35, Las Vegas 88: Las Vegas leads by 53 points.
Nature & outdoors. Colombo 32, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Colombo 50, Las Vegas 25: Colombo leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Colombo 35, Las Vegas 25: Colombo leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Colombo 35, Las Vegas 38: Las Vegas leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Colombo 45, Las Vegas 64: Las Vegas leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Colombo 78, Las Vegas 35: Colombo leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Colombo 30, Las Vegas 78: Las Vegas leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Colombo 48, Las Vegas 40: Colombo leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Colombo and Las Vegas.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Colombo
46match

Wins on beaches and prices 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.

Colombo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
128 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Colombo: 1991-2020 normals, Colombo (3 km from centre). Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureColomboLas Vegas
Official languageTamil, Sinhala-
CurrencySri Lanka Rupee (LKR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsGM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 119, ambulance 110, fire 110911
Elevation1 m610 m
Main airportBandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)28 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureColomboLas Vegas
City population647,557641,903
People per km²17,3611,843
Museums within 10 km1021
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.