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The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue
Bell Rock outside Sedona, Sedona
SedonaBell Rock outside Sedona

Photos: Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Sedona by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Mombasa 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 Mombasa for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Sedona for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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. Mombasa 82, Sedona 16: Mombasa leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Mombasa 60, Sedona 33: Mombasa leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Mombasa 55, Sedona 20: Mombasa leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Mombasa 46, Sedona 8: Mombasa leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mombasa 74, Sedona 93: Sedona leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Mombasa 45, Sedona 55: Sedona leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Mombasa 45, Sedona 42: Mombasa leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Mombasa 30, Sedona 22: Mombasa leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Mombasa 35, Sedona 34: Mombasa leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Mombasa 70, Sedona 18: Mombasa leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mombasa 22, Sedona 13: Mombasa leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mombasa 40, Sedona 82: Sedona leads by 42 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mombasa and Sedona.

Your match

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

Mombasa
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches 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.

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
26 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Sedona in July

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

Mombasa 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. Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre). Sedona: 2009-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sedona / West Sedona (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMombasaSedona
Official languageEnglish, Swahili-
CurrencyKenyan Shilling (KES)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-7
Emergency numberPolice 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999911
Elevation50 m1,319 m
Main airportMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)160 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMombasaSedona
City population1,208,3339,684
People per km²4,100195
Museums within 10 km00
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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.