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The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign
The Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule, Munich
MunichThe Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule

Photos: Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Munich by 0xd1ma, Pexels License.

Las Vegas or Munich?

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
  • food and drink
  • prices

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

Choose Munich for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Munich’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, Munich 28: Munich leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Las Vegas 68, Munich 62: Las Vegas leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Las Vegas 25, Munich 79: Munich leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Las Vegas 88, Munich 56: Las Vegas leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Las Vegas 68, Munich 82: Munich leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Las Vegas 25, Munich 86: Munich leads by 61 points.
Good for families. Las Vegas 25, Munich 78: Munich leads by 53 points.
Getting around. Las Vegas 38, Munich 86: Munich leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Las Vegas 64, Munich 72: Munich leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Las Vegas 35, Munich 32: Las Vegas leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Las Vegas 78, Munich 84: Munich leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Las Vegas 40, Munich 62: Munich leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Las Vegas and Munich.

Your match

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

Las Vegas
47match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

Munich
Best match
67match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights 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

Munich in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 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). Munich: 1991-2020 normals, München (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLas VegasMunich
Official language-German
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation610 m519 m
Main airportHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinationsMunich Airport (MUC)29 km from centre210 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLas VegasMunich
City population641,9031,505,036
People per km²1,8434,844
Museums within 10 km2174
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.