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The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat
Main Street in winter, with snow on the mountainside, Park City
Park CityMain Street in winter, with snow on the mountainside

Photos: Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Park City by Quang Vuong, Pexels License.

Geneva or Park 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 Geneva for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose Park City for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Park 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. Geneva 45, Park City 8: Geneva leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Geneva 55, Park City 40: Geneva leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Geneva 58, Park City 18: Geneva leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Geneva 38, Park City 25: Geneva leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Geneva 82, Park City 92: Park City leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Geneva 80, Park City 40: Geneva leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Geneva 57, Park City 68: Park City leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Geneva 86, Park City 60: Geneva leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Geneva 68, Park City 35: Geneva leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Geneva 5, Park City 12: Park City leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Geneva 60, Park City 28: Geneva leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Geneva 55, Park City 52: Geneva leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Geneva and Park City.

Your match

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

Geneva
Best match
57match

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

Park City
40match

Wins on families 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.

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Park City in July

28 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Park City's temperatures are measured 79 km from the centre, at Evanston.

Park City has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre). Park City: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Evanston (78.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenevaPark City
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-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation403 m2,134 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)43 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenevaPark City
City population211,1528,396
People per km²13,280185
Museums within 10 km341
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.