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The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign
Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom

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

Las Vegas or Orlando?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Orlando for

  • families
  • day trips
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Orlando’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, Orlando 42: Orlando leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Las Vegas 68, Orlando 48: Las Vegas leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Las Vegas 25, Orlando 22: Las Vegas leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Las Vegas 88, Orlando 40: Las Vegas leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Las Vegas 68, Orlando 46: Las Vegas leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Las Vegas 25, Orlando 58: Orlando leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Las Vegas 25, Orlando 98: Orlando leads by 73 points.
Getting around. Las Vegas 38, Orlando 8: Las Vegas leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Las Vegas 64, Orlando 58: Las Vegas leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Las Vegas 35, Orlando 36: Orlando leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Las Vegas 78, Orlando 40: Las Vegas leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Las Vegas 40, Orlando 32: Las Vegas 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 Orlando.

Your match

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

Las Vegas
Best match
47match

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

Orlando
44match

Wins on families and day trips 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
14 hdaylight a day

Orlando in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
189 mmrain in the month
14 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). Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLas VegasOrlando
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 m34 m
Main airportHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinationsOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLas VegasOrlando
City population641,903334,854
People per km²1,8431,086
Museums within 10 km2111
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.