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Kathmandu or New Orleans?

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

Swayambhunath with its prayer flags, Kathmandu
Kathmandu

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

The steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi, New Orleans
New Orleans

Photo: Bernard Spragg, CC0

Your match

Kathmandu
48
match

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

New Orleans
✓ Best match
54
match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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.

KathmanduNew Orleans
Beaches & swimming. New Orleans leads by 10 points.10
Food & drink. New Orleans leads by 29 points.29
Culture & sights. Kathmandu leads by 15 points.15
Nightlife. New Orleans leads by 49 points.49
Nature & outdoors. Kathmandu leads by 28 points.28
Day trips. Kathmandu leads by 4 points.4
Good for families. New Orleans leads by 35 points.35
Getting around. New Orleans leads by 30 points.30
Shopping & style. Kathmandu leads by 1 points.1
Affordability. Kathmandu leads by 57 points.57
Live music & performing arts. New Orleans leads by 52 points.52
Wellness & relaxation. Kathmandu leads by 20 points.20
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kathmandu and New Orleans.

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
JulyKathmanduNew Orleans
Daytime high29 °C33 °C
Night-time low20 °C24 °C
Rainfall in the month384 mm169 mm
Sunshine4 hours a dayNo figure
Sea temperatureNo sea30 °C
Daylight14 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
Kathmandu
19
22
26
29
29
29
29
29
28
27
23
20
New Orleans
17
19
23
26
30
32
33
33
31
27
22
18
Sea temperature, °C
Kathmandu
No coastline within reach
New Orleans
14
15
18
22
25
29
30
30
28
24
20
16
Rainfall, mm
Kathmandu
16
23
37
57
113
260
384
317
211
48
7
10
New Orleans
132
104
111
132
143
194
169
180
128
94
98
123
Daylight, hours per day
Kathmandu
11
11
12
13
14
14
14
13
12
12
11
10
New Orleans
10
11
12
13
14
14
14
13
12
12
11
10
Sunshine, hours per day
Kathmandu
6
6
7
7
7
5
4
4
5
7
7
7
New Orleans
No sunshine record

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kathmandu: 1991-2020 normals, Kathmandu Airport (4.7 km from centre). New Orleans: 1991-2020 normals, New Orleans Airport (2.7 km from centre).

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Before you go

MeasureKathmanduNew Orleans
Official languageNepali-
CurrencyNepalese Rupee (NPR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:45UTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 100, ambulance 102, fire 101911
Elevation1,300 m-2 m
Main airportTribhuvan International Airport (KTM)4 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)18 km from centre51 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureKathmanduNew Orleans
City population845,767383,997
People per km²17,121423
Museums within 10 km916
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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. 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.