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The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat
The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign

Photos: Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Geneva 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 Geneva for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • beaches

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

Choose Las Vegas for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

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. Geneva 45, Las Vegas 10: Geneva leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Geneva 55, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Geneva 58, Las Vegas 25: Geneva leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Geneva 38, Las Vegas 88: Las Vegas leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Geneva 82, Las Vegas 68: Geneva leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Geneva 80, Las Vegas 25: Geneva leads by 55 points.
Good for families. Geneva 57, Las Vegas 25: Geneva leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Geneva 86, Las Vegas 38: Geneva leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Geneva 68, Las Vegas 64: Geneva leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Geneva 5, Las Vegas 35: Las Vegas leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Geneva 60, Las Vegas 78: Las Vegas leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Geneva 55, Las Vegas 40: Geneva leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Geneva and Las Vegas.

Your match

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

Geneva
Best match
57match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Las Vegas
47match

Wins on nightlife 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.

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre). Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenevaLas Vegas
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, Romansh-
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation403 m610 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenevaLas Vegas
City population211,152641,903
People per km²13,2801,843
Museums within 10 km3421
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.