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Korenlei reflected in the Leie, Ghent
GhentKorenlei reflected in the Leie
Bell Rock outside Sedona, Sedona
SedonaBell Rock outside Sedona

Photos: Ghent by ykeiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Sedona by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Ghent or Sedona?

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 Ghent for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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

Choose Sedona for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Sedona’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. Ghent 25, Sedona 16: Ghent leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Ghent 62, Sedona 33: Ghent leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Ghent 72, Sedona 20: Ghent leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Ghent 55, Sedona 8: Ghent leads by 47 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ghent 35, Sedona 93: Sedona leads by 58 points.
Day trips. Ghent 88, Sedona 55: Ghent leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Ghent 50, Sedona 42: Ghent leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Ghent 78, Sedona 22: Ghent leads by 56 points.
Shopping & style. Ghent 50, Sedona 34: Ghent leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Ghent 38, Sedona 18: Ghent leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ghent 60, Sedona 13: Ghent leads by 47 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ghent 33, Sedona 82: Sedona leads by 49 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ghent and Sedona.

Your match

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

Ghent
Best match
54match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Sedona
36match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Ghent in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Sedona in July

34 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
51 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Ghent 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.

Ghent's sunshine is measured 45 km from the centre, at Vlissingen.

Sedona's station stands 153 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Sedona 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. Ghent: 2009-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Melle / Kalverhaag (10.1 km from centre). Sedona: 2009-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sedona / West Sedona (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGhentSedona
Official languageFrench, German, Dutch-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number112911
Elevation12 m1,319 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)160 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGhentSedona
City population272,6579,684
People per km²1,728195
Museums within 10 km300
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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. 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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.