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Vine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley, Mendoza
MendozaVine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley
Bell Rock outside Sedona, Sedona
SedonaBell Rock outside Sedona

Photos: Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Sedona by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Mendoza 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 Mendoza for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose Sedona for

  • wellness
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Mendoza 6, Sedona 16: Sedona leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Mendoza 68, Sedona 33: Mendoza leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Mendoza 30, Sedona 20: Mendoza leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Mendoza 40, Sedona 8: Mendoza leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mendoza 83, Sedona 93: Sedona leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Mendoza 52, Sedona 55: Sedona leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Mendoza and Sedona are level on 42.
Getting around. Mendoza 48, Sedona 22: Mendoza leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Mendoza 33, Sedona 34: Sedona leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Mendoza 56, Sedona 18: Mendoza leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mendoza 33, Sedona 13: Mendoza leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mendoza 55, Sedona 82: Sedona leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mendoza and Sedona.

Your match

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

Mendoza
Best match
46match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Sedona
36match

Wins on wellness and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
10 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. Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre). Sedona: 2009-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sedona / West Sedona (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMendozaSedona
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-7
Emergency number117 or 911911
Elevation769 m1,319 m
Main airportGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)160 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMendozaSedona
City population127,1609,684
People per km²2,355195
Museums within 10 km10
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.