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Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Scottsdale or Tokyo?

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 Scottsdale for

Scottsdale does not lead in any category we score.

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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. Scottsdale 8, Tokyo 40: Tokyo leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Scottsdale 46, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 52 points.
Culture & sights. Scottsdale 38, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Scottsdale 52, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Scottsdale and Tokyo are level on 68.
Day trips. Scottsdale 50, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Scottsdale 60, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Scottsdale 20, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 78 points.
Shopping & style. Scottsdale 60, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 39 points.
Affordability. Scottsdale 32, Tokyo 48: Tokyo leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Scottsdale 40, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Scottsdale 72, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Scottsdale and Tokyo.

Your match

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

Scottsdale
46match

Has no clear advantage with the weighting you have chosen.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on getting around 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.

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ScottsdaleTokyo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureScottsdaleTokyo
Official language-Japanese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7UTC+9
Emergency number911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation380 m6 m
Main airportPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureScottsdaleTokyo
City population241,36114,264,798
People per km²-6,501
Museums within 10 km10192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 months

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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.