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The Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule, Munich
MunichThe Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule
The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square

Photos: Munich by 0xd1ma, Pexels License; Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Munich 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 Munich for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Salt Lake City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Munich 28, Salt Lake City 12: Munich leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Munich 62, Salt Lake City 40: Munich leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Munich 79, Salt Lake City 42: Munich leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Munich 56, Salt Lake City 30: Munich leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Munich 82, Salt Lake City 90: Salt Lake City leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Munich 86, Salt Lake City 34: Munich leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Munich 78, Salt Lake City 72: Munich leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Munich 86, Salt Lake City 42: Munich leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Munich 72, Salt Lake City 36: Munich leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Munich 32, Salt Lake City 40: Salt Lake City leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Munich 84, Salt Lake City 55: Munich leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Munich 62, Salt Lake City 38: Munich leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Munich and Salt Lake City.

Your match

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

Munich
Best match
67match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Salt Lake City
44match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Munich in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 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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MunichSalt Lake City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Munich: 1991-2020 normals, München (1.9 km from centre). Salt Lake City: 1991-2020 normals, Salt Lake City International Airport (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMunichSalt Lake City
Official languageGerman-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation519 m1,288 m
Main airportMunich Airport (MUC)29 km from centre210 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMunichSalt Lake City
City population1,505,036199,723
People per km²4,844690
Museums within 10 km7412
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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.