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Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge
Bell Rock outside Sedona, Sedona
SedonaBell Rock outside Sedona

Photos: London by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Sedona by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

London or Sedona?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Sedona for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Sedona’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, Sedona 16: London leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. London 84, Sedona 33: London leads by 51 points.
Culture & sights. London 94, Sedona 20: London leads by 74 points.
Nightlife. London 88, Sedona 8: London leads by 80 points.
Nature & outdoors. London 57, Sedona 93: Sedona leads by 36 points.
Day trips. London 90, Sedona 55: London leads by 35 points.
Good for families. London 82, Sedona 42: London leads by 40 points.
Getting around. London 85, Sedona 22: London leads by 63 points.
Shopping & style. London 95, Sedona 34: London leads by 61 points.
Affordability. London 15, Sedona 18: Sedona leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. London 98, Sedona 13: London leads by 85 points.
Wellness & relaxation. London 40, Sedona 82: Sedona leads by 42 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: London and Sedona.

Your match

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

London
Best match
71match

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

Sedona
36match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors 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

Sedona in July

34 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
51 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Sedona's station stands 153 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Sedona has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

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). Sedona: 2009-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sedona / West Sedona (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLondonSedona
Official languageEnglish-
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number112 or 999911
Elevation4 m1,319 m
Main airportLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)160 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLondonSedona
City population8,799,7289,684
People per km²5,598195
Museums within 10 km2160
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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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.