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Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas
The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square

Photos: Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Maastricht 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 Maastricht for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • shopping

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

Choose Salt Lake City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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. Maastricht 8, Salt Lake City 12: Salt Lake City leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Maastricht 58, Salt Lake City 40: Maastricht leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Maastricht 60, Salt Lake City 42: Maastricht leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Maastricht 42, Salt Lake City 30: Maastricht leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Maastricht 58, Salt Lake City 90: Salt Lake City leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Maastricht 77, Salt Lake City 34: Maastricht leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Maastricht 55, Salt Lake City 72: Salt Lake City leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Maastricht 74, Salt Lake City 42: Maastricht leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Maastricht 60, Salt Lake City 36: Maastricht leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Maastricht 38, Salt Lake City 40: Salt Lake City leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Maastricht 40, Salt Lake City 55: Salt Lake City leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Maastricht 52, Salt Lake City 38: Maastricht leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Maastricht and Salt Lake City.

Your match

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

Maastricht
Best match
52match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Salt Lake City
44match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 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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MaastrichtSalt Lake City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre). Salt Lake City: 1991-2020 normals, Salt Lake City International Airport (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMaastrichtSalt Lake City
Official languageDutch-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation49 m1,288 m
Main airportMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMaastrichtSalt Lake City
City population120,227199,723
People per km²2,000690
Museums within 10 km2112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.