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Bell Rock outside Sedona, Sedona
SedonaBell Rock outside Sedona
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Sedona by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Sedona or Ushuaia?

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

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Ushuaia’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, Ushuaia 3: Sedona leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Sedona 33, Ushuaia 40: Ushuaia leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Sedona 20, Ushuaia 22: Ushuaia leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Sedona 8, Ushuaia 18: Ushuaia leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sedona 93, Ushuaia 88: Sedona leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Sedona 55, Ushuaia 14: Sedona leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Sedona 42, Ushuaia 40: Sedona leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Sedona 22, Ushuaia 45: Ushuaia leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Sedona 34, Ushuaia 22: Sedona leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Sedona 18, Ushuaia 42: Ushuaia leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sedona 13, Ushuaia 10: Sedona leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sedona 82, Ushuaia 26: Sedona leads by 56 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sedona and Ushuaia.

Your match

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

Sedona
Best match
36match

Wins on wellness and day trips with your weighting.

Ushuaia
31match

Wins on prices 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
14 hdaylight a day

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
8 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). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSedonaUshuaia
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7UTC-3
Emergency number911117 or 911
Elevation1,319 m23 m
Main airportPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)160 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureSedonaUshuaia
City population9,68482,615
People per km²1953,592
Museums within 10 km05
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. 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.