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Inverness or Kathmandu?

Two destinations compared in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities. Weight what matters to you and the verdict follows.

Inverness Castle above the River Ness, Inverness
Inverness

Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped

Swayambhunath with its prayer flags, Kathmandu
Kathmandu

Photo: Nabin K. Sapkota, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

Your match

Inverness
40
match

Wins on families and getting around with your weighting.

Kathmandu
✓ Best match
48
match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders. The match scores above update as you do.

Scoreboard

Our verdict on each category, scored 0 to 100 against fixed benchmark cities.

InvernessKathmandu
Beaches & swimming. Inverness leads by 16 points.16
Food & drink. Kathmandu leads by 19 points.19
Culture & sights. Kathmandu leads by 55 points.55
Nightlife. Kathmandu leads by 8 points.8
Nature & outdoors. Inverness leads by 14 points.14
Day trips. Inverness and Kathmandu are level on 56.
Good for families. Inverness leads by 35 points.35
Getting around. Inverness leads by 23 points.23
Shopping & style. Kathmandu leads by 25 points.25
Affordability. Kathmandu leads by 59 points.59
Live music & performing arts. Inverness leads by 5 points.5
Wellness & relaxation. Kathmandu leads by 15 points.15
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Inverness and Kathmandu.

When should you go?

Pick the month you can travel and see both cities side by side. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Climate figures for July
JulyInvernessKathmandu
Daytime high19 °C29 °C
Night-time low11 °C20 °C
Rainfall in the month60 mm384 mm
Sunshine5 hours a day4 hours a day
Sea temperature14 °CNo sea
Daylight17 hours a day14 hours a day

The whole year

Each row is shaded against that destination’s own year, so the deepest cell is its best month for that figure and the palest its weakest. Shades are not comparable between the two rows.

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Daytime high, °C
Inverness
7
7
9
12
15
17
19
19
16
13
9
7
Kathmandu
19
22
26
29
29
29
29
29
28
27
23
20
Sea temperature, °C
Inverness
7
6
6
7
10
12
14
14
13
12
10
8
Kathmandu
No coastline within reach
Rainfall, mm
Inverness
50
44
40
42
51
61
60
67
67
72
57
54
Kathmandu
16
23
37
57
113
260
384
317
211
48
7
10
Daylight, hours per day
Inverness
7
9
12
14
17
18
17
15
13
10
8
7
Kathmandu
11
11
12
13
14
14
14
13
12
12
11
10
Sunshine, hours per day
Inverness
2
2
4
5
6
5
5
4
4
3
2
1
Kathmandu
6
6
7
7
7
5
4
4
5
7
7
7

Where the figures come from

Inverness's temperatures are measured 43 km from the centre, at Kinloss.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Inverness: 1991-2020 normals, Kinloss (43.4 km from centre). Kathmandu: 1991-2020 normals, Kathmandu Airport (4.7 km from centre).

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Before you go

MeasureInvernessKathmandu
Official languageEnglishNepali
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Nepalese Rupee (NPR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+5:45
Emergency number112 or 999Police 100, ambulance 102, fire 101
Elevation7 m1,300 m
Main airportInverness Airport (INV)12 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsTribhuvan International Airport (KTM)4 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days-

By the numbers

MeasureInvernessKathmandu
City population47,380845,767
People per km²2,28917,121
Museums within 10 km39
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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. 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. Typical fares from Travelpayouts (Aviasales data). Route-level air passenger statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate and flight figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-27. Typical prices can be up to 7 days old. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.