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The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign
A purple lifeguard tower on South Beach, Miami Beach
Miami BeachA purple lifeguard tower on South Beach

Photos: Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Miami Beach by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Las Vegas 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 Las Vegas for

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Miami Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

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. Las Vegas 10, Miami Beach 92: Miami Beach leads by 82 points.
Food & drink. Las Vegas 68, Miami Beach 62: Las Vegas leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Las Vegas 25, Miami Beach 52: Miami Beach leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Las Vegas 88, Miami Beach 80: Las Vegas leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Las Vegas 68, Miami Beach 52: Las Vegas leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Las Vegas 25, Miami Beach 55: Miami Beach leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Las Vegas 25, Miami Beach 60: Miami Beach leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Las Vegas 38, Miami Beach 58: Miami Beach leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Las Vegas 64, Miami Beach 55: Las Vegas leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Las Vegas 35, Miami Beach 20: Las Vegas leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Las Vegas 78, Miami Beach 55: Las Vegas leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Las Vegas 40, Miami Beach 48: Miami Beach leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Las Vegas and Miami Beach.

Your match

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

Las Vegas
47match

Wins on live music and the arts and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Miami Beach
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches 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 seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Miami Beach in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Las VegasMiami Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre). Miami Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (18.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLas VegasMiami Beach
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation610 m1 m
Main airportHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)16 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLas VegasMiami Beach
City population641,90382,890
People per km²1,8432,109
Museums within 10 km2114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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). 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.