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The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign
The railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield, Manchester
ManchesterThe railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield

Photos: Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Manchester by IIya Kuzhekin, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Las Vegas or Manchester?

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 Las Vegas for

  • wellness
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose Manchester for

  • day trips
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Manchester’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. Las Vegas 10, Manchester 9: Las Vegas leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Las Vegas 68, Manchester 51: Las Vegas leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Las Vegas 25, Manchester 50: Manchester leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Las Vegas 88, Manchester 72: Las Vegas leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Las Vegas 68, Manchester 64: Las Vegas leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Las Vegas 25, Manchester 77: Manchester leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Las Vegas 25, Manchester 58: Manchester leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Las Vegas 38, Manchester 68: Manchester leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Las Vegas 64, Manchester 62: Las Vegas leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Las Vegas 35, Manchester 42: Manchester leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Las Vegas 78, Manchester 74: Las Vegas leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Las Vegas 40, Manchester 15: Las Vegas leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Las Vegas and Manchester.

Your match

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

Las Vegas
47match

Wins on wellness and food and drink with your weighting.

Manchester
Best match
54match

Wins on day trips and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Manchester in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
60 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre). Manchester: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (14.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLas VegasManchester
Official language-English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112 or 999
Elevation610 m38 m
Main airportHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinationsManchester Airport (MAN)15 km from centre211 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureLas VegasManchester
City population641,903547,627
People per km²1,8434,737
Museums within 10 km2128
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.