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Bell Rock outside Sedona, Sedona
SedonaBell Rock outside Sedona
The Limmat from Quaibrücke, Zurich
ZurichThe Limmat from Quaibrücke

Photos: Sedona by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Zurich by Daniel Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Sedona or Zurich?

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
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Zurich for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Zurich’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, Zurich 45: Zurich leads by 29 points.
Food & drink. Sedona 33, Zurich 53: Zurich leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Sedona 20, Zurich 58: Zurich leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Sedona 8, Zurich 62: Zurich leads by 54 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sedona 93, Zurich 80: Sedona leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Sedona 55, Zurich 84: Zurich leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Sedona 42, Zurich 76: Zurich leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Sedona 22, Zurich 95: Zurich leads by 73 points.
Shopping & style. Sedona 34, Zurich 66: Zurich leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Sedona 18, Zurich 3: Sedona leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sedona 13, Zurich 70: Zurich leads by 57 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sedona 82, Zurich 58: Sedona leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sedona and Zurich.

Your match

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

Sedona
36match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

Zurich
Best match
63match

Wins on getting around 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 recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Zurich in July

24 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
126 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
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.

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). Zurich: 1991-2020 normals, Zurich Town / Ville. (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSedonaZurich
Official language-French, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,319 m408 m
Main airportPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)160 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)9 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureSedonaZurich
City population9,684440,935
People per km²1955,016
Museums within 10 km063
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.