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The Semperoper, Dresden
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The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign

Photos: Dresden by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dresden 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 Dresden for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Las Vegas for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • 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. Dresden and Las Vegas are level on 10.
Food & drink. Dresden 45, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Dresden 79, Las Vegas 25: Dresden leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Dresden 47, Las Vegas 88: Las Vegas leads by 41 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dresden 74, Las Vegas 68: Dresden leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Dresden 76, Las Vegas 25: Dresden leads by 51 points.
Good for families. Dresden 60, Las Vegas 25: Dresden leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Dresden 74, Las Vegas 38: Dresden leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Dresden 42, Las Vegas 64: Las Vegas leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Dresden 55, Las Vegas 35: Dresden leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dresden 76, Las Vegas 78: Las Vegas leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dresden 42, Las Vegas 40: Dresden leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dresden and Las Vegas.

Your match

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

Dresden
Best match
57match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

Las Vegas
47match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Dresden in July

26 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Las Vegas in July

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DresdenLas Vegas

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dresden: 1991-2020 normals, Dresden-Strehlen (3.8 km from centre). Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDresdenLas Vegas
Official languageGerman-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation126 m610 m
Main airportDresden Airport (DRS)10 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDresdenLas Vegas
City population562,764641,903
People per km²1,7131,843
Museums within 10 km7021
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.