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The skyline over the Schuylkill, Philadelphia
PhiladelphiaThe skyline over the Schuylkill
The red aerial tram nearing the top of Hidden Peak, Snowbird
SnowbirdThe red aerial tram nearing the top of Hidden Peak

Photos: Philadelphia by Trev W. Adams, Pexels License; Snowbird by VeggieGarden, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Philadelphia or Snowbird?

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 Philadelphia for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

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

Choose Snowbird for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Snowbird’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. Philadelphia 36, Snowbird 5: Philadelphia leads by 31 points.
Food & drink. Philadelphia 62, Snowbird 20: Philadelphia leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Philadelphia 72, Snowbird 5: Philadelphia leads by 67 points.
Nightlife. Philadelphia 55, Snowbird 9: Philadelphia leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Philadelphia 52, Snowbird 92: Snowbird leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Philadelphia 80, Snowbird 47: Philadelphia leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Philadelphia 68, Snowbird 42: Philadelphia leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Philadelphia 66, Snowbird 40: Philadelphia leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Philadelphia 57, Snowbird 8: Philadelphia leads by 49 points.
Affordability. Philadelphia 40, Snowbird 15: Philadelphia leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Philadelphia 72, Snowbird 8: Philadelphia leads by 64 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Philadelphia 26, Snowbird 40: Snowbird leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Philadelphia and Snowbird.

Your match

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

Philadelphia
Best match
57match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Snowbird
28match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Philadelphia in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Snowbird in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
27 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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Where the figures come from

Snowbird has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Philadelphia: 1991-2020 normals, Philadelphia International Airport (11.3 km from centre). Snowbird: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasurePhiladelphiaSnowbird
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
Elevation12 m2,479 m
Main airportPhiladelphia International Airport (PHL)11 km from centre129 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)36 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePhiladelphiaSnowbird
City population1,603,797-
People per km²4,339-
Museums within 10 km540
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

Where else could you go?

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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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.