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Santa Claus Village in winter, Rovaniemi
RovaniemiSanta Claus Village in winter
Bell Rock outside Sedona, Sedona
SedonaBell Rock outside Sedona

Photos: Rovaniemi by Moskenes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Sedona by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Rovaniemi 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 Rovaniemi for

  • families
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Sedona for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • shopping

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. Rovaniemi 10, Sedona 16: Sedona leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Rovaniemi 25, Sedona 33: Sedona leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Rovaniemi 22, Sedona 20: Rovaniemi leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Rovaniemi 15, Sedona 8: Rovaniemi leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Rovaniemi 78, Sedona 93: Sedona leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Rovaniemi 8, Sedona 55: Sedona leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Rovaniemi 72, Sedona 42: Rovaniemi leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Rovaniemi 36, Sedona 22: Rovaniemi leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Rovaniemi 18, Sedona 34: Sedona leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Rovaniemi and Sedona are level on 18.
Live music & performing arts. Rovaniemi 22, Sedona 13: Rovaniemi leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Rovaniemi 60, Sedona 82: Sedona leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Rovaniemi and Sedona.

Your match

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

Rovaniemi
32match

Wins on families and getting around with your weighting.

Sedona
Best match
36match

Wins on day trips 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.

Rovaniemi in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
22 hdaylight a day

Sedona in July

34 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
51 mmrain in the month
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

Rovaniemi 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.

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. Rovaniemi: 2008-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Rovaniemi Rautatieasema / Kuusela (0.6 km from centre). Sedona: 2009-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sedona / West Sedona (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRovaniemiSedona
Official languageFinnish, Swedish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number112911
Elevation88 m1,319 m
Main airportRovaniemi Airport (RVN)8 km from centre44 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)160 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureRovaniemiSedona
City population65,3299,684
People per km²9195
Museums within 10 km60
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.