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Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

Photos: Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Victoria by Guilice, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Scottsdale or Victoria?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Victoria for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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, Victoria 28: Victoria leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Scottsdale 46, Victoria 50: Victoria leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Scottsdale 38, Victoria 42: Victoria leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Scottsdale 52, Victoria 30: Scottsdale leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Scottsdale 68, Victoria 77: Victoria leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Scottsdale 50, Victoria 54: Victoria leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Scottsdale 60, Victoria 62: Victoria leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Scottsdale 20, Victoria 60: Victoria leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Scottsdale 60, Victoria 40: Scottsdale leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Scottsdale 32, Victoria 34: Victoria leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Scottsdale and Victoria are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Scottsdale 72, Victoria 48: Scottsdale leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Scottsdale and Victoria.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Scottsdale
46match

Wins on wellness and nightlife with your weighting.

Victoria
47match

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

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

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

Before you go

MeasureScottsdaleVictoria
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 m23 m
Main airportPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureScottsdaleVictoria
City population241,36191,867
People per km²-4,711
Museums within 10 km106
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.