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Nyhavn, Copenhagen
CopenhagenNyhavn
The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign

Photos: Copenhagen by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Copenhagen 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 Copenhagen for

  • families
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Las Vegas for

  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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. Copenhagen 40, Las Vegas 10: Copenhagen leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Copenhagen 76, Las Vegas 68: Copenhagen leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Copenhagen 72, Las Vegas 25: Copenhagen leads by 47 points.
Nightlife. Copenhagen 60, Las Vegas 88: Las Vegas leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Copenhagen 45, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Copenhagen 72, Las Vegas 25: Copenhagen leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Copenhagen 85, Las Vegas 25: Copenhagen leads by 60 points.
Getting around. Copenhagen 85, Las Vegas 38: Copenhagen leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Copenhagen 70, Las Vegas 64: Copenhagen leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Copenhagen 18, Las Vegas 35: Las Vegas leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Copenhagen 68, Las Vegas 78: Las Vegas leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Copenhagen 55, Las Vegas 40: Copenhagen leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Copenhagen and Las Vegas.

Your match

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

Copenhagen
Best match
62match

Wins on families 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.

Copenhagen in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
17 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CopenhagenLas Vegas

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Copenhagen: 1991-2020 normals, Koebenhavn / Landbohoejskolen (2.4 km from centre). Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCopenhagenLas Vegas
Official languageDanish-
CurrencyDanish Krone (DKK)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCEFK230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation14 m610 m
Main airportCopenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH)8 km from centre196 non-stop destinationsHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCopenhagenLas Vegas
City population667,099641,903
People per km²7,3391,843
Museums within 10 km7221
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.