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Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge
The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square

Photos: London by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

London or Salt Lake City?

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 London for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • day trips

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

Choose Salt Lake City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Salt Lake City’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. London 25, Salt Lake City 12: London leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. London 84, Salt Lake City 40: London leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. London 94, Salt Lake City 42: London leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. London 88, Salt Lake City 30: London leads by 58 points.
Nature & outdoors. London 57, Salt Lake City 90: Salt Lake City leads by 33 points.
Day trips. London 90, Salt Lake City 34: London leads by 56 points.
Good for families. London 82, Salt Lake City 72: London leads by 10 points.
Getting around. London 85, Salt Lake City 42: London leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. London 95, Salt Lake City 36: London leads by 59 points.
Affordability. London 15, Salt Lake City 40: Salt Lake City leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. London 98, Salt Lake City 55: London leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. London 40, Salt Lake City 38: London leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: London and Salt Lake City.

Your match

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

London
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping and nightlife with your weighting.

Salt Lake City
44match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Salt Lake City in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LondonSalt Lake City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre). Salt Lake City: 1991-2020 normals, Salt Lake City International Airport (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLondonSalt Lake City
Official languageEnglish-
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999911
Elevation4 m1,288 m
Main airportLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLondonSalt Lake City
City population8,799,728199,723
People per km²5,598690
Museums within 10 km21612
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.