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The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign
The city from Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik
ReykjavikThe city from Hallgrímskirkja

Photos: Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Reykjavik by Atlantic Ambience, Pexels License.

Las Vegas or Reykjavik?

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
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Reykjavik for

  • wellness
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Reykjavik’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, Reykjavik 12: Reykjavik leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Las Vegas 68, Reykjavik 42: Las Vegas leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Las Vegas and Reykjavik are level on 25.
Nightlife. Las Vegas 88, Reykjavik 45: Las Vegas leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. Las Vegas 68, Reykjavik 92: Reykjavik leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Las Vegas 25, Reykjavik 35: Reykjavik leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Las Vegas 25, Reykjavik 55: Reykjavik leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Las Vegas 38, Reykjavik 55: Reykjavik leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Las Vegas 64, Reykjavik 25: Las Vegas leads by 39 points.
Affordability. Las Vegas 35, Reykjavik 6: Las Vegas leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Las Vegas 78, Reykjavik 45: Las Vegas leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Las Vegas 40, Reykjavik 88: Reykjavik leads by 48 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Las Vegas and Reykjavik.

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 shopping with your weighting.

Reykjavik
44match

Wins on wellness 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 recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Reykjavik in July

15 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
20 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Las VegasReykjavik

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre). Reykjavik: 1991-2020 normals, Reykjavik (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLas VegasReykjavik
Official language-Icelandic
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Iceland Krona (ISK)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC
Emergency number911112
Elevation610 m8 m
Main airportHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinationsKeflavik International Airport (KEF)37 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLas VegasReykjavik
City population641,903138,772
People per km²1,843569
Museums within 10 km2123
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. 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.