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Bell Rock outside Sedona, Sedona
SedonaBell Rock outside Sedona
The US Capitol, Washington DC
Washington DCThe US Capitol

Photos: Sedona by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Washington DC by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Sedona or Washington DC?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Washington DC for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Washington DC’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, Washington DC 12: Sedona leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Sedona 33, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Sedona 20, Washington DC 84: Washington DC leads by 64 points.
Nightlife. Sedona 8, Washington DC 57: Washington DC leads by 49 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sedona 93, Washington DC 64: Sedona leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Sedona 55, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Sedona 42, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Sedona 22, Washington DC 72: Washington DC leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Sedona 34, Washington DC 52: Washington DC leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Sedona 18, Washington DC 28: Washington DC leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sedona 13, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 54 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sedona 82, Washington DC 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 Washington DC.

Your match

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

Sedona
36match

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

Washington DC
Best match
56match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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 seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Washington DC in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
108 mmrain in the month
25 °Csea
15 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). Washington DC: 1991-2020 normals, Washington National Airport (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSedonaWashington DC
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation1,319 m72 m
Main airportPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)160 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsRonald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)5 km from centre105 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSedonaWashington DC
City population9,684689,545
People per km²1953,896
Museums within 10 km098
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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.