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Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

Photos: Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Vancouver by Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Scottsdale or Vancouver?

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

  • wellness
  • nightlife
  • day trips

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

Choose Vancouver for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Scottsdale 46, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Scottsdale 38, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Scottsdale 52, Vancouver 42: Scottsdale leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Scottsdale 68, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Scottsdale 50, Vancouver 45: Scottsdale leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Scottsdale 60, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Scottsdale 20, Vancouver 73: Vancouver leads by 53 points.
Shopping & style. Scottsdale 60, Vancouver 55: Scottsdale leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Scottsdale 32, Vancouver 27: Scottsdale leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Scottsdale 40, Vancouver 52: Vancouver leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Scottsdale 72, Vancouver 50: Scottsdale leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Scottsdale and Vancouver.

Your match

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

Scottsdale
46match

Wins on wellness and nightlife with your weighting.

Vancouver
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and beaches 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

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ScottsdaleVancouver

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre). Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureScottsdaleVancouver
Official language-French, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation380 m2 m
Main airportPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureScottsdaleVancouver
City population241,361662,248
People per km²-5,759
Museums within 10 km1026
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

Where else could you go?

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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.