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Swayambhunath with its prayer flags, Kathmandu
KathmanduSwayambhunath with its prayer flags
Bell Rock outside Sedona, Sedona
SedonaBell Rock outside Sedona

Photos: Kathmandu by Nabin K. Sapkota, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Sedona by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Kathmandu or Sedona?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Sedona for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Sedona’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, Sedona 16: Sedona leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Kathmandu 55, Sedona 33: Kathmandu leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Kathmandu 82, Sedona 20: Kathmandu leads by 62 points.
Nightlife. Kathmandu 36, Sedona 8: Kathmandu leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kathmandu 70, Sedona 93: Sedona leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Kathmandu 56, Sedona 55: Kathmandu leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Kathmandu 20, Sedona 42: Sedona leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Kathmandu 25, Sedona 22: Kathmandu leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Kathmandu 55, Sedona 34: Kathmandu leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Kathmandu 97, Sedona 18: Kathmandu leads by 79 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kathmandu 28, Sedona 13: Kathmandu leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kathmandu 45, Sedona 82: Sedona leads by 37 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kathmandu and Sedona.

Your match

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

Kathmandu
Best match
48match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Sedona
36match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors 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
14 hdaylight a day

Sedona in July

34 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
51 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KathmanduSedona

Where the figures come from

Sedona's station stands 153 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Sedona has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kathmandu: 1991-2020 normals, Kathmandu Airport (4.7 km from centre). Sedona: 2009-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sedona / West Sedona (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKathmanduSedona
Official languageNepali-
CurrencyNepalese Rupee (NPR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:45UTC-7
Emergency numberPolice 100, ambulance 102, fire 101911
Elevation1,300 m1,319 m
Main airportTribhuvan International Airport (KTM)4 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)160 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureKathmanduSedona
City population845,7679,684
People per km²17,121195
Museums within 10 km90
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

Where else could you go?

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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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.