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The Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule, Munich
MunichThe Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule
Bell Rock outside Sedona, Sedona
SedonaBell Rock outside Sedona

Photos: Munich by 0xd1ma, Pexels License; Sedona by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Munich 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 Munich for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Sedona for

  • wellness
  • 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. Munich 28, Sedona 16: Munich leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Munich 62, Sedona 33: Munich leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Munich 79, Sedona 20: Munich leads by 59 points.
Nightlife. Munich 56, Sedona 8: Munich leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Munich 82, Sedona 93: Sedona leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Munich 86, Sedona 55: Munich leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Munich 78, Sedona 42: Munich leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Munich 86, Sedona 22: Munich leads by 64 points.
Shopping & style. Munich 72, Sedona 34: Munich leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Munich 32, Sedona 18: Munich leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Munich 84, Sedona 13: Munich leads by 71 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Munich 62, Sedona 82: Sedona leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Munich and Sedona.

Your match

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

Munich
Best match
67match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around 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.

Munich in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 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. Munich: 1991-2020 normals, München (1.9 km from centre). Sedona: 2009-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sedona / West Sedona (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMunichSedona
Official languageGerman-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number112911
Elevation519 m1,319 m
Main airportMunich Airport (MUC)29 km from centre210 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)160 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMunichSedona
City population1,505,0369,684
People per km²4,844195
Museums within 10 km740
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

Where else could you go?

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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.