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The railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield, Manchester
ManchesterThe railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield
Bell Rock outside Sedona, Sedona
SedonaBell Rock outside Sedona

Photos: Manchester by IIya Kuzhekin, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Sedona by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Manchester 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 Manchester for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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

Choose Sedona for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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. Manchester 9, Sedona 16: Sedona leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Manchester 51, Sedona 33: Manchester leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Manchester 50, Sedona 20: Manchester leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Manchester 72, Sedona 8: Manchester leads by 64 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manchester 64, Sedona 93: Sedona leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Manchester 77, Sedona 55: Manchester leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Manchester 58, Sedona 42: Manchester leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Manchester 68, Sedona 22: Manchester leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Manchester 62, Sedona 34: Manchester leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Manchester 42, Sedona 18: Manchester leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manchester 74, Sedona 13: Manchester leads by 61 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manchester 15, Sedona 82: Sedona leads by 67 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manchester and Sedona.

Your match

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

Manchester
Best match
54match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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.

Manchester in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
60 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Sedona in July

34 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
51 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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. Manchester: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (14.8 km from centre). Sedona: 2009-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sedona / West Sedona (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManchesterSedona
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
Elevation38 m1,319 m
Main airportManchester Airport (MAN)15 km from centre211 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)160 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureManchesterSedona
City population547,6279,684
People per km²4,737195
Museums within 10 km280
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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