How Much Does Salt Lake City Cost?
A week for two runs about $2,667 door to door from New York. Day to day, a hotel night usually costs $125, and daily spend is $33–$110 a person.
Fare, hotel night and daily spend for Salt Lake City, USA, line by line, from where you fly — from backpacker to luxury.
What a trip to Salt Lake City costs
The fare from where you fly, the usual hotel night and daily spend. Change the travellers, nights or travel style.
- Fare · New York to Salt Lake City × 2Economy round trip, usually about $511 eachPricier than every one of the 16 days we checked fares on this route, by our own fare checks since Jun 2026. How we know$1,022
- Hotel night · $125 × 7 nightsWhat a night here usually costs, from hotel prices we check every week. 2 travellers share a room.$875
- Daily spend · $55 × 2 travellers × 7 daysRestaurants, transport and paid sights, per person per day. The hotel isn't in it.$770
7 nights, 2 travellers, mid-range, flying from New York. Usual prices we track ourselves, not a price you can book.
How we know
- Fare: the middle price of the economy round trips we found from New York on our latest check (half were cheaper, half dearer), for departures in the coming weeks.
- Hotel night: the middle nightly price of the Salt Lake City hotels we check three times a week (see our hotel price index).
- Daily spend: food, local transport and sights per person, from our city guide, by travel style. The hotel isn't in it.
- Total: fare × travellers + hotel night × nights × rooms + daily spend × travellers × days. Prices move, so treat it as a guide, not a quote.
Daily spend by travel style
Per person per day: food, getting around and something worth doing. The hotel isn't in it; a hotel night usually costs $125.
- Budget, per day
- $33A week for two with the hotel: $1,337, before flights
- Mid-range, per day
- $55A week for two with the hotel: $1,645, before flights
- Luxury, per day
- $110A week for two with the hotel: $2,415, before flights
Where a day's spend goes
Pick a travel style to see how a day's spend splits in Salt Lake City. The hotel is separate.
- FoodCasual restaurants$23
- TransportMetro + occasional taxi$14
- Sights & activitiesPaid attractions, tours$18
- Daily spend, per person$55
Salt Lake City on our hotel price index
Where the usual night sits against every city we track.
Across the 242 destinations we track, Salt Lake City is the 92nd priciest for hotels — mid-priced on our index — with a typical night of $125.
Cheaper than Sapporo ($126) · Pricier than Quebec City ($123).
See the full hotel price indexWondering whether to book now? The price check, our 4-week forecast and the cheapest dates to fly are in the Salt Lake City guide.
Money-saving tips for Salt Lake City
- Utah has complex liquor laws — look for restaurants with a full-service license to order freely
- TRAX light rail connects the airport to downtown for $2.50 and runs to ski resorts in winter
- Temple Square is free to explore — the architecture and gardens are worth an hour
- Ski resorts (Park City, Alta, Snowbird) are 40 minutes away with the Greatest Snow on Earth
- Visit during shoulder season (March to May, June to September) for the best balance of weather and prices
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