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The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Salt Lake City or Ushuaia?

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

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

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • getting around
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Ushuaia’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, Ushuaia 3: Salt Lake City leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Salt Lake City and Ushuaia are level on 40.
Culture & sights. Salt Lake City 42, Ushuaia 22: Salt Lake City leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Salt Lake City 30, Ushuaia 18: Salt Lake City leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Salt Lake City 90, Ushuaia 88: Salt Lake City leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Salt Lake City 34, Ushuaia 14: Salt Lake City leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Salt Lake City 72, Ushuaia 40: Salt Lake City leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Salt Lake City 42, Ushuaia 45: Ushuaia leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Salt Lake City 36, Ushuaia 22: Salt Lake City leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Salt Lake City 40, Ushuaia 42: Ushuaia leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Salt Lake City 55, Ushuaia 10: Salt Lake City leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Salt Lake City 38, Ushuaia 26: Salt Lake City leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Salt Lake City and Ushuaia.

Your match

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

Salt Lake City
Best match
44match

Wins on live music and the arts and families with your weighting.

Ushuaia
31match

Wins on getting around and prices 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

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
8 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Salt Lake CityUshuaia

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). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSalt Lake CityUshuaia
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911117 or 911
Elevation1,288 m23 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureSalt Lake CityUshuaia
City population199,72382,615
People per km²6903,592
Museums within 10 km125
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). 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. 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.