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Nyhavn, Copenhagen
CopenhagenNyhavn
The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square

Photos: Copenhagen by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Copenhagen 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 Copenhagen for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Salt Lake City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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. Copenhagen 40, Salt Lake City 12: Copenhagen leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Copenhagen 76, Salt Lake City 40: Copenhagen leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Copenhagen 72, Salt Lake City 42: Copenhagen leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Copenhagen 60, Salt Lake City 30: Copenhagen leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Copenhagen 45, Salt Lake City 90: Salt Lake City leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Copenhagen 72, Salt Lake City 34: Copenhagen leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Copenhagen 85, Salt Lake City 72: Copenhagen leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Copenhagen 85, Salt Lake City 42: Copenhagen leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Copenhagen 70, Salt Lake City 36: Copenhagen leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Copenhagen 18, Salt Lake City 40: Salt Lake City leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Copenhagen 68, Salt Lake City 55: Copenhagen leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Copenhagen 55, Salt Lake City 38: Copenhagen leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Copenhagen and Salt Lake City.

Your match

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

Copenhagen
Best match
62match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Salt Lake City
44match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices 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

Salt Lake City in July

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CopenhagenSalt Lake City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Copenhagen: 1991-2020 normals, Koebenhavn / Landbohoejskolen (2.4 km from centre). Salt Lake City: 1991-2020 normals, Salt Lake City International Airport (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCopenhagenSalt Lake City
Official languageDanish-
CurrencyDanish Krone (DKK)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCEFK230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation14 m1,288 m
Main airportCopenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH)8 km from centre196 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCopenhagenSalt Lake City
City population667,099199,723
People per km²7,339690
Museums within 10 km7212
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.