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The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro
The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square

Photos: Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Paris 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 Paris for

  • shopping
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Salt Lake City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • beaches

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. Paris 9, Salt Lake City 12: Salt Lake City leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Paris 96, Salt Lake City 40: Paris leads by 56 points.
Culture & sights. Paris 97, Salt Lake City 42: Paris leads by 55 points.
Nightlife. Paris 80, Salt Lake City 30: Paris leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Paris 52, Salt Lake City 90: Salt Lake City leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Paris 92, Salt Lake City 34: Paris leads by 58 points.
Good for families. Paris 79, Salt Lake City 72: Paris leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Paris 88, Salt Lake City 42: Paris leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Paris 98, Salt Lake City 36: Paris leads by 62 points.
Affordability. Paris 25, Salt Lake City 40: Salt Lake City leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Paris 88, Salt Lake City 55: Paris leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Paris 40, Salt Lake City 38: Paris leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Paris and Salt Lake City.

Your match

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

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on shopping and day trips 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.

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
16 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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ParisSalt Lake City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre). Salt Lake City: 1991-2020 normals, Salt Lake City International Airport (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureParisSalt Lake City
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation27 m1,288 m
Main airportCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureParisSalt Lake City
City population2,103,778199,723
People per km²19,960690
Museums within 10 km25112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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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.