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The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water
The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square

Photos: Hamburg by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hamburg or Salt Lake 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 Hamburg for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Salt Lake City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Salt Lake 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. Hamburg 28, Salt Lake City 12: Hamburg leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Hamburg 55, Salt Lake City 40: Hamburg leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Hamburg 62, Salt Lake City 42: Hamburg leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Hamburg 76, Salt Lake City 30: Hamburg leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hamburg 52, Salt Lake City 90: Salt Lake City leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Hamburg 70, Salt Lake City 34: Hamburg leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Hamburg 74, Salt Lake City 72: Hamburg leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Hamburg 80, Salt Lake City 42: Hamburg leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Hamburg 65, Salt Lake City 36: Hamburg leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Hamburg 38, Salt Lake City 40: Salt Lake City leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hamburg 80, Salt Lake City 55: Hamburg leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hamburg 44, Salt Lake City 38: Hamburg leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hamburg and Salt Lake City.

Your match

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

Hamburg
Best match
60match

Wins on nightlife and getting around with your weighting.

Salt Lake City
44match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 hdaylight a day

Salt Lake City in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
13 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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HamburgSalt Lake City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre). Salt Lake City: 1991-2020 normals, Salt Lake City International Airport (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHamburgSalt Lake City
Official languageGerman-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation6 m1,288 m
Main airportHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHamburgSalt Lake City
City population1,869,473199,723
People per km²2,476690
Museums within 10 km7712
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.