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The cathedral from Piazza del Duomo, Milan
MilanThe cathedral from Piazza del Duomo
The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square

Photos: Milan by Jiuguang Wang, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Milan 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 Milan for

  • day trips
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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

Choose Salt Lake City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • prices

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. Milan 20, Salt Lake City 12: Milan leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Milan 78, Salt Lake City 40: Milan leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Milan 78, Salt Lake City 42: Milan leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Milan 66, Salt Lake City 30: Milan leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Milan 65, Salt Lake City 90: Salt Lake City leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Milan 91, Salt Lake City 34: Milan leads by 57 points.
Good for families. Milan 55, Salt Lake City 72: Salt Lake City leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Milan 79, Salt Lake City 42: Milan leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Milan 92, Salt Lake City 36: Milan leads by 56 points.
Affordability. Milan 33, Salt Lake City 40: Salt Lake City leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Milan 82, Salt Lake City 55: Milan leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Milan 42, Salt Lake City 38: Milan leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Milan and Salt Lake City.

Your match

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

Milan
Best match
65match

Wins on day trips and shopping 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.

Milan in July

30 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 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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MilanSalt Lake City

Where the figures come from

Milan 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.

Milan's sunshine is measured 41 km from the centre, at Novara / Cameri.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Milan: 1991-2020 normals, Milano / Linate (8 km from centre). Salt Lake City: 1991-2020 normals, Salt Lake City International Airport (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMilanSalt Lake City
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation138 m1,288 m
Main airportMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)40 km from centre208 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMilanSalt Lake City
City population1,354,196199,723
People per km²7,453690
Museums within 10 km8812
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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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.