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The Dzhumaya Mosque, Plovdiv
PlovdivThe Dzhumaya Mosque
Bell Rock outside Sedona, Sedona
SedonaBell Rock outside Sedona

Photos: Plovdiv by Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Sedona by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Plovdiv or Sedona?

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 Plovdiv for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Sedona for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Sedona’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. Plovdiv 7, Sedona 16: Sedona leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Plovdiv 50, Sedona 33: Plovdiv leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Plovdiv 66, Sedona 20: Plovdiv leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Plovdiv 42, Sedona 8: Plovdiv leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Plovdiv 68, Sedona 93: Sedona leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Plovdiv 70, Sedona 55: Plovdiv leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Plovdiv 40, Sedona 42: Sedona leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Plovdiv 65, Sedona 22: Plovdiv leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Plovdiv 33, Sedona 34: Sedona leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Plovdiv 78, Sedona 18: Plovdiv leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Plovdiv 42, Sedona 13: Plovdiv leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Plovdiv 44, Sedona 82: Sedona leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Plovdiv and Sedona.

Your match

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

Plovdiv
Best match
50match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Sedona
36match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Plovdiv in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Sedona in July

34 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
51 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Plovdiv has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Plovdiv's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Kurdjali.

Sedona's station stands 153 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Sedona has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Plovdiv: 1997-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Plovdiv (1.2 km from centre). Sedona: 2009-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sedona / West Sedona (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePlovdivSedona
Official languageBulgarian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number112911
Elevation172 m1,319 m
Main airportPlovdiv International Airport (PDV)12 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)160 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePlovdivSedona
City population333,9949,684
People per km²3,274195
Museums within 10 km180
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). 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.