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Swayambhunath with its prayer flags, Kathmandu
KathmanduSwayambhunath with its prayer flags
A purple lifeguard tower on South Beach, Miami Beach
Miami BeachA purple lifeguard tower on South Beach

Photos: Kathmandu by Nabin K. Sapkota, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Miami Beach by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Kathmandu or Miami Beach?

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 Kathmandu for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Miami Beach for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami Beach’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. Kathmandu 4, Miami Beach 92: Miami Beach leads by 88 points.
Food & drink. Kathmandu 55, Miami Beach 62: Miami Beach leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Kathmandu 82, Miami Beach 52: Kathmandu leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Kathmandu 36, Miami Beach 80: Miami Beach leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kathmandu 70, Miami Beach 52: Kathmandu leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Kathmandu 56, Miami Beach 55: Kathmandu leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Kathmandu 20, Miami Beach 60: Miami Beach leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Kathmandu 25, Miami Beach 58: Miami Beach leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Kathmandu and Miami Beach are level on 55.
Affordability. Kathmandu 97, Miami Beach 20: Kathmandu leads by 77 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kathmandu 28, Miami Beach 55: Miami Beach leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kathmandu 45, Miami Beach 48: Miami Beach leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kathmandu and Miami Beach.

Your match

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

Kathmandu
48match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Miami Beach
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Miami Beach in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KathmanduMiami Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kathmandu: 1991-2020 normals, Kathmandu Airport (4.7 km from centre). Miami Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (18.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKathmanduMiami Beach
Official languageNepali-
CurrencyNepalese Rupee (NPR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:45UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 100, ambulance 102, fire 101911
Elevation1,300 m1 m
Main airportTribhuvan International Airport (KTM)4 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)16 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureKathmanduMiami Beach
City population845,76782,890
People per km²17,1212,109
Museums within 10 km914
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.