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The cathedral from the gardens, Malaga
MalagaThe cathedral from the gardens
The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square

Photos: Malaga by Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Malaga 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 Malaga for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nightlife

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

Choose Salt Lake City for

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

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. Malaga 77, Salt Lake City 12: Malaga leads by 65 points.
Food & drink. Malaga 68, Salt Lake City 40: Malaga leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Malaga 65, Salt Lake City 42: Malaga leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Malaga 62, Salt Lake City 30: Malaga leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Malaga 73, Salt Lake City 90: Salt Lake City leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Malaga 87, Salt Lake City 34: Malaga leads by 53 points.
Good for families. Malaga 70, Salt Lake City 72: Salt Lake City leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Malaga 70, Salt Lake City 42: Malaga leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Malaga 55, Salt Lake City 36: Malaga leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Malaga 55, Salt Lake City 40: Malaga leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Malaga 45, Salt Lake City 55: Salt Lake City leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Malaga 42, Salt Lake City 38: Malaga leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Malaga and Salt Lake City.

Your match

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

Malaga
Best match
64match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Salt Lake City
44match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Malaga in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Salt Lake City in July

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MalagaSalt Lake City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Malaga: 1991-2020 normals, Malaga / Aeropuerto (8.2 km from centre). Salt Lake City: 1991-2020 normals, Salt Lake City International Airport (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMalagaSalt Lake City
Official languageSpanish-
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
Elevation18 m1,288 m
Main airportMálaga-Costa del Sol Airport (AGP)8 km from centre166 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMalagaSalt Lake City
City population599,063199,723
People per km²1,517690
Museums within 10 km3212
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months-

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.