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Kek Lok Si temple on the hillside, Penang
PenangKek Lok Si temple on the hillside
The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square

Photos: Penang by Supanut Arunoprayote, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Penang 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 Penang for

  • food and drink
  • prices
  • beaches

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

Choose Salt Lake City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Penang 44, Salt Lake City 12: Penang leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Penang 86, Salt Lake City 40: Penang leads by 46 points.
Culture & sights. Penang 70, Salt Lake City 42: Penang leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Penang 40, Salt Lake City 30: Penang leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Penang 55, Salt Lake City 90: Salt Lake City leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Penang 42, Salt Lake City 34: Penang leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Penang 52, Salt Lake City 72: Salt Lake City leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Penang 40, Salt Lake City 42: Salt Lake City leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Penang 42, Salt Lake City 36: Penang leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Penang 78, Salt Lake City 40: Penang leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Penang 30, Salt Lake City 55: Salt Lake City leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Penang 42, Salt Lake City 38: Penang leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Penang and Salt Lake City.

Your match

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

Penang
Best match
52match

Wins on food and drink and prices with your weighting.

Salt Lake City
44match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Penang in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
189 mmrain in the month
30 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Salt Lake City in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PenangSalt Lake City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Penang: 1991-2020 normals, Penang / Bayan Lepas (14.5 km from centre). Salt Lake City: 1991-2020 normals, Salt Lake City International Airport (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePenangSalt Lake City
Official languageMalay-
CurrencyMalaysian Ringgit (MYR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number999911
Elevation4 m1,288 m
Main airportPenang International Airport (PEN)14 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePenangSalt Lake City
City population794,313199,723
People per km²-690
Museums within 10 km912
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.