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Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom
The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square

Photos: Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Orlando 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 Orlando for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

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

Choose Salt Lake City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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. Orlando 42, Salt Lake City 12: Orlando leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Orlando 48, Salt Lake City 40: Orlando leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Orlando 22, Salt Lake City 42: Salt Lake City leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Orlando 40, Salt Lake City 30: Orlando leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Orlando 46, Salt Lake City 90: Salt Lake City leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Orlando 58, Salt Lake City 34: Orlando leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Orlando 98, Salt Lake City 72: Orlando leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Orlando 8, Salt Lake City 42: Salt Lake City leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Orlando 58, Salt Lake City 36: Orlando leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Orlando 36, Salt Lake City 40: Salt Lake City leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Orlando 40, Salt Lake City 55: Salt Lake City leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Orlando 32, Salt Lake City 38: Salt Lake City leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Orlando and Salt Lake City.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Orlando
44match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Salt Lake City
44match

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.

Orlando in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
189 mmrain in the month
14 hdaylight a day

Salt Lake City in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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OrlandoSalt Lake City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre). Salt Lake City: 1991-2020 normals, Salt Lake City International Airport (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOrlandoSalt Lake City
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation34 m1,288 m
Main airportOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureOrlandoSalt Lake City
City population334,854199,723
People per km²1,086690
Museums within 10 km1112
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). 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. 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.