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Botero sculptures on Plaza Botero, Medellin
MedellinBotero sculptures on Plaza Botero
Bell Rock outside Sedona, Sedona
SedonaBell Rock outside Sedona

Photos: Medellin by Steffen Schmitz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Sedona by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Medellin 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 Medellin for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Medellin’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. Medellin 5, Sedona 16: Sedona leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Medellin 58, Sedona 33: Medellin leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Medellin 42, Sedona 20: Medellin leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Medellin 76, Sedona 8: Medellin leads by 68 points.
Nature & outdoors. Medellin 66, Sedona 93: Sedona leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Medellin 58, Sedona 55: Medellin leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Medellin 50, Sedona 42: Medellin leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Medellin 55, Sedona 22: Medellin leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Medellin 45, Sedona 34: Medellin leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Medellin 80, Sedona 18: Medellin leads by 62 points.
Live music & performing arts. Medellin 42, Sedona 13: Medellin leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Medellin 30, Sedona 82: Sedona leads by 52 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Medellin and Sedona.

Your match

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

Medellin
Best match
51match

Wins on nightlife and prices 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.

Medellin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
133 mmrain in the month
12 hdaylight a day

Sedona in July

34 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
51 mmrain in the month
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

Medellin 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.

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. Medellin: 1958-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Medellin / Olaya Herrera (5.2 km from centre). Sedona: 2009-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sedona / West Sedona (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMedellinSedona
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-7
Emergency number123911
Elevation1,405 m1,319 m
Main airportJose Maria Córdova International Airport (MDE)19 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)160 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMedellinSedona
City population2,529,4039,684
People per km²6,644195
Museums within 10 km140
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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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). 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.