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Bell Rock outside Sedona, Sedona
SedonaBell Rock outside Sedona
The Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Tower, Shanghai
ShanghaiThe Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Tower

Photos: Sedona by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Shanghai by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Sedona or Shanghai?

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 Sedona for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • beaches

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

Choose Shanghai for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Shanghai’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. Sedona 16, Shanghai 10: Sedona leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Sedona 33, Shanghai 88: Shanghai leads by 55 points.
Culture & sights. Sedona 20, Shanghai 72: Shanghai leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Sedona 8, Shanghai 80: Shanghai leads by 72 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sedona 93, Shanghai 25: Sedona leads by 68 points.
Day trips. Sedona 55, Shanghai 90: Shanghai leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Sedona 42, Shanghai 80: Shanghai leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Sedona 22, Shanghai 85: Shanghai leads by 63 points.
Shopping & style. Sedona 34, Shanghai 82: Shanghai leads by 48 points.
Affordability. Sedona 18, Shanghai 55: Shanghai leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sedona 13, Shanghai 66: Shanghai leads by 53 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sedona 82, Shanghai 55: Sedona leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sedona and Shanghai.

Your match

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

Sedona
36match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

Shanghai
Best match
66match

Wins on nightlife and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Sedona in July

34 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
51 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Shanghai in July

33 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
151 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Sedona's station stands 153 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Sedona has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sedona: 2009-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sedona / West Sedona (1.3 km from centre). Shanghai: 1991-2020 normals, Shanghai / Hongqiao (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSedonaShanghai
Official language-Putonghua
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7UTC+8
Emergency number911Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation1,319 m4 m
Main airportPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)160 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsShanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)33 km from centre207 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureSedonaShanghai
City population9,68424,870,895
People per km²1953,922
Museums within 10 km045
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

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.