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The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Salt Lake City or Zagreb?

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
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Zagreb for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Zagreb’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, Zagreb 10: Salt Lake City leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Salt Lake City 40, Zagreb 55: Zagreb leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Salt Lake City 42, Zagreb 56: Zagreb leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Salt Lake City 30, Zagreb 47: Zagreb leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Salt Lake City 90, Zagreb 62: Salt Lake City leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Salt Lake City 34, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Salt Lake City 72, Zagreb 52: Salt Lake City leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Salt Lake City 42, Zagreb 70: Zagreb leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Salt Lake City 36, Zagreb 40: Zagreb leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Salt Lake City 40, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Salt Lake City 55, Zagreb 52: Salt Lake City leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Salt Lake City 38, Zagreb 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 Zagreb.

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 families with your weighting.

Zagreb
Best match
50match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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

Zagreb in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
9 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 CityZagreb

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). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSalt Lake CityZagreb
Official language-Croatian
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 m127 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureSalt Lake CityZagreb
City population199,723767,131
People per km²690-
Museums within 10 km1227
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. 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.