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A canal bridge in autumn, Amsterdam
AmsterdamA canal bridge in autumn
Skiers in front of the big timber lodge at the resort, Winter Park, Colorado
Winter Park, ColoradoSkiers in front of the big timber lodge at the resort

Photos: Amsterdam by Hans, Pexels License; Winter Park, Colorado by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Amsterdam or Winter Park, Colorado?

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 Amsterdam for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Winter Park, Colorado for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Winter Park, Colorado’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. Amsterdam 25, Winter Park, Colorado 5: Amsterdam leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Amsterdam 58, Winter Park, Colorado 24: Amsterdam leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Amsterdam 82, Winter Park, Colorado 6: Amsterdam leads by 76 points.
Nightlife. Amsterdam 77, Winter Park, Colorado 15: Amsterdam leads by 62 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amsterdam 47, Winter Park, Colorado 88: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 41 points.
Day trips. Amsterdam 87, Winter Park, Colorado 38: Amsterdam leads by 49 points.
Good for families. Amsterdam 72, Winter Park, Colorado 62: Amsterdam leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Amsterdam 86, Winter Park, Colorado 42: Amsterdam leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Amsterdam 68, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Amsterdam leads by 56 points.
Affordability. Amsterdam 22, Winter Park, Colorado 25: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amsterdam 78, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Amsterdam leads by 66 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amsterdam 42, Winter Park, Colorado 46: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amsterdam and Winter Park, Colorado.

Your match

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

Amsterdam
Best match
62match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Winter Park, Colorado
31match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Amsterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Winter Park, Colorado in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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

Amsterdam 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.

Amsterdam's sunshine is measured 35 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Winter Park, Colorado's temperatures are measured 90 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Winter Park, Colorado's station stands 269 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Winter Park, Colorado 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. Amsterdam: 1991-2020 normals, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (12 km from centre). Winter Park, Colorado: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (89.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmsterdamWinter Park, Colorado
Official languageDutch-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation-2 m2,759 m
Main airportAmsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)12 km from centre287 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)95 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmsterdamWinter Park, Colorado
City population921,4681,033
People per km²4,20824
Museums within 10 km1010
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.