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The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower
The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square

Photos: Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Nairobi 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 Nairobi for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • shopping

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

Choose Salt Lake City for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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. Nairobi 4, Salt Lake City 12: Salt Lake City leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Nairobi 48, Salt Lake City 40: Nairobi leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Nairobi 35, Salt Lake City 42: Salt Lake City leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Nairobi 58, Salt Lake City 30: Nairobi leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nairobi 84, Salt Lake City 90: Salt Lake City leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Nairobi 28, Salt Lake City 34: Salt Lake City leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Nairobi 55, Salt Lake City 72: Salt Lake City leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Nairobi 20, Salt Lake City 42: Salt Lake City leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Nairobi 45, Salt Lake City 36: Nairobi leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Nairobi 60, Salt Lake City 40: Nairobi leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nairobi 35, Salt Lake City 55: Salt Lake City leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nairobi 25, Salt Lake City 38: Salt Lake City leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nairobi and Salt Lake City.

Your match

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

Nairobi
41match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Salt Lake City
Best match
44match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 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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NairobiSalt Lake City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre). Salt Lake City: 1991-2020 normals, Salt Lake City International Airport (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNairobiSalt Lake City
Official languageEnglish, Swahili-
CurrencyKenyan Shilling (KES)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999911
Elevation1,661 m1,288 m
Main airportJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureNairobiSalt Lake City
City population5,545,000199,723
People per km²7,967690
Museums within 10 km412
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.