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The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Salt Lake City or Toledo?

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 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.

Choose Toledo for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Toledo’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. Salt Lake City 12, Toledo 5: Salt Lake City leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Salt Lake City and Toledo are level on 40.
Culture & sights. Salt Lake City 42, Toledo 79: Toledo leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Salt Lake City 30, Toledo 22: Salt Lake City leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Salt Lake City 90, Toledo 40: Salt Lake City leads by 50 points.
Day trips. Salt Lake City 34, Toledo 78: Toledo leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Salt Lake City 72, Toledo 45: Salt Lake City leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Salt Lake City 42, Toledo 64: Toledo leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Salt Lake City 36, Toledo 32: Salt Lake City leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Salt Lake City 40, Toledo 58: Toledo leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Salt Lake City 55, Toledo 22: Salt Lake City leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Salt Lake City 38, Toledo 30: Salt Lake City leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Salt Lake City and Toledo.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Salt Lake City
44match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Toledo
43match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Salt Lake City in July

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

Toledo in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
6 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Salt Lake CityToledo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Salt Lake City: 1991-2020 normals, Salt Lake City International Airport (7.9 km from centre). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSalt Lake CityToledo
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,288 m523 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSalt Lake CityToledo
City population199,72387,216
People per km²690376
Museums within 10 km1213
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.