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The Old Town Clock on Citadel Hill, Halifax
HalifaxThe Old Town Clock on Citadel Hill
Swayambhunath with its prayer flags, Kathmandu
KathmanduSwayambhunath with its prayer flags

Photos: Halifax by Danieljmacdonald, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Kathmandu by Nabin K. Sapkota, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Halifax or Kathmandu?

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 Halifax for

  • families
  • beaches
  • getting around

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

Choose Kathmandu for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Kathmandu’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. Halifax 32, Kathmandu 4: Halifax leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Halifax 50, Kathmandu 55: Kathmandu leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Halifax 42, Kathmandu 82: Kathmandu leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Halifax 46, Kathmandu 36: Halifax leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Halifax 62, Kathmandu 70: Kathmandu leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Halifax 63, Kathmandu 56: Halifax leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Halifax 55, Kathmandu 20: Halifax leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Halifax 48, Kathmandu 25: Halifax leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Halifax 35, Kathmandu 55: Kathmandu leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Halifax 38, Kathmandu 97: Kathmandu leads by 59 points.
Live music & performing arts. Halifax 46, Kathmandu 28: Halifax leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Halifax 28, Kathmandu 45: Kathmandu leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Halifax and Kathmandu.

Your match

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

Halifax
45match

Wins on families and beaches with your weighting.

Kathmandu
Best match
48match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Halifax in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
101 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Kathmandu in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
384 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HalifaxKathmandu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Halifax: 1991-2020 normals, Shearwater Airport (6 km from centre). Kathmandu: 1991-2020 normals, Kathmandu Airport (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHalifaxKathmandu
Official languageFrench, EnglishNepali
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Nepalese Rupee (NPR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-4, UTC-3 in summerUTC+5:45
Emergency number911Police 100, ambulance 102, fire 101
Elevation28 m1,300 m
Main airportHalifax / Stanfield International Airport (YHZ)26 km from centre40 non-stop destinationsTribhuvan International Airport (KTM)4 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureHalifaxKathmandu
City population440,072845,767
People per km²8017,121
Museums within 10 km159
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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). 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.