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Bell Rock outside Sedona, Sedona
SedonaBell Rock outside Sedona
A chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain, Whistler
WhistlerA chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain

Photos: Sedona by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Whistler by Ruth Hartnup, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Sedona or Whistler?

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

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • prices

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

Choose Whistler for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Whistler’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, Whistler 30: Whistler leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Sedona 33, Whistler 40: Whistler leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Sedona and Whistler are level on 20.
Nightlife. Sedona 8, Whistler 42: Whistler leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sedona 93, Whistler 97: Whistler leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Sedona 55, Whistler 30: Sedona leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Sedona 42, Whistler 68: Whistler leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Sedona 22, Whistler 68: Whistler leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Sedona 34, Whistler 30: Sedona leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Sedona 18, Whistler 12: Sedona leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sedona 13, Whistler 15: Whistler leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sedona 82, Whistler 60: Sedona leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sedona and Whistler.

Your match

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

Sedona
36match

Wins on day trips and wellness with your weighting.

Whistler
Best match
43match

Wins on getting around and nightlife 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
14 hdaylight a day

Whistler in July

25 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
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

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.

Whistler 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). Whistler: 1991-2020 normals, Whistler - Nesters (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSedonaWhistler
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
Elevation1,319 m670 m
Main airportPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)160 km from centre149 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)104 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSedonaWhistler
City population9,68413,982
People per km²19558
Museums within 10 km01
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.