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Lower Broadway and its honky-tonks, Nashville
NashvilleLower Broadway and its honky-tonks
The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70

Photos: Nashville by Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

Nashville or Seattle?

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 Nashville for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • prices

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

Choose Seattle for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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. Nashville 14, Seattle 30: Seattle leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Nashville 62, Seattle 66: Seattle leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Nashville and Seattle are level on 50.
Nightlife. Nashville 70, Seattle 55: Nashville leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nashville 46, Seattle 87: Seattle leads by 41 points.
Day trips. Nashville 52, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Nashville 55, Seattle 64: Seattle leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Nashville 30, Seattle 60: Seattle leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Nashville 42, Seattle 52: Seattle leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Nashville 30, Seattle 22: Nashville leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nashville 82, Seattle 70: Nashville leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nashville 20, Seattle 40: Seattle leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nashville and Seattle.

Your match

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

Nashville
46match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Seattle
Best match
54match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Nashville in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
104 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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NashvilleSeattle

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Nashville: 1991-2020 normals, Nashville Airport (9.6 km from centre). Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNashvilleSeattle
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation182 m40 m
Main airportNashville International Airport (BNA)10 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureNashvilleSeattle
City population689,447737,015
People per km²5061,996
Museums within 10 km1227
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.