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The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign
The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Las Vegas or Nairobi?

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
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Nairobi for

  • families
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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, Nairobi 4: Las Vegas leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Las Vegas 68, Nairobi 48: Las Vegas leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Las Vegas 25, Nairobi 35: Nairobi leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Las Vegas 88, Nairobi 58: Las Vegas leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Las Vegas 68, Nairobi 84: Nairobi leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Las Vegas 25, Nairobi 28: Nairobi leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Las Vegas 25, Nairobi 55: Nairobi leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Las Vegas 38, Nairobi 20: Las Vegas leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Las Vegas 64, Nairobi 45: Las Vegas leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Las Vegas 35, Nairobi 60: Nairobi leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Las Vegas 78, Nairobi 35: Las Vegas leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Las Vegas 40, Nairobi 25: Las Vegas 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 Nairobi.

Your match

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

Las Vegas
Best match
47match

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

Nairobi
41match

Wins on families 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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Las VegasNairobi

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre). Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLas VegasNairobi
Official language-English, Swahili
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number911Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation610 m1,661 m
Main airportHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureLas VegasNairobi
City population641,9035,545,000
People per km²1,8437,967
Museums within 10 km214
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.