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The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Salt Lake City or Toronto?

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
  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Salt Lake City’s own page.

Choose Toronto for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Salt Lake City 40, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Salt Lake City 42, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Salt Lake City 30, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Salt Lake City 90, Toronto 52: Salt Lake City leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Salt Lake City 34, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Salt Lake City 72, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Salt Lake City 42, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Salt Lake City 36, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Salt Lake City 40, Toronto 34: Salt Lake City leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Salt Lake City 55, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Salt Lake City 38, Toronto 33: Salt Lake City leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Salt Lake City and Toronto.

Your match

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

Salt Lake City
44match

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

Toronto
Best match
55match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink 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 seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Salt Lake CityToronto

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). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSalt Lake CityToronto
Official language-French, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation1,288 m76 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSalt Lake CityToronto
City population199,7232,794,356
People per km²6904,434
Museums within 10 km1232
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-1 month

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.