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The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign
Vine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley, Mendoza
MendozaVine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley

Photos: Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Las Vegas or Mendoza?

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

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

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

Choose Mendoza for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Mendoza’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, Mendoza 6: Las Vegas leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Las Vegas and Mendoza are level on 68.
Culture & sights. Las Vegas 25, Mendoza 30: Mendoza leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Las Vegas 88, Mendoza 40: Las Vegas leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Las Vegas 68, Mendoza 83: Mendoza leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Las Vegas 25, Mendoza 52: Mendoza leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Las Vegas 25, Mendoza 42: Mendoza leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Las Vegas 38, Mendoza 48: Mendoza leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Las Vegas 64, Mendoza 33: Las Vegas leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Las Vegas 35, Mendoza 56: Mendoza leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Las Vegas 78, Mendoza 33: Las Vegas leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Las Vegas 40, Mendoza 55: Mendoza leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Las Vegas and Mendoza.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Las Vegas
47match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Mendoza
46match

Wins on day trips and prices 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
14 hdaylight a day

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
10 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). Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLas VegasMendoza
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911117 or 911
Elevation610 m769 m
Main airportHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinationsGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLas VegasMendoza
City population641,903127,160
People per km²1,8432,355
Museums within 10 km211
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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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. 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.