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The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

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

Las Vegas or Victoria?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Victoria for

  • families
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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, Victoria 28: Victoria leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Las Vegas 68, Victoria 50: Las Vegas leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Las Vegas 25, Victoria 42: Victoria leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Las Vegas 88, Victoria 30: Las Vegas leads by 58 points.
Nature & outdoors. Las Vegas 68, Victoria 77: Victoria leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Las Vegas 25, Victoria 54: Victoria leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Las Vegas 25, Victoria 62: Victoria leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Las Vegas 38, Victoria 60: Victoria leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Las Vegas 64, Victoria 40: Las Vegas leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Las Vegas 35, Victoria 34: Las Vegas leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Las Vegas 78, Victoria 40: Las Vegas leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Las Vegas 40, Victoria 48: Victoria 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 Victoria.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Las Vegas
47match

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

Victoria
47match

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
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre). Victoria: 1991-2020 normals, Victoria Gonzales CS (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLas VegasVictoria
Official language-French, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation610 m23 m
Main airportHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLas VegasVictoria
City population641,90391,867
People per km²1,8434,711
Museums within 10 km216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.