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Galena Street with the runs of Aspen Mountain, Aspen
AspenGalena Street with the runs of Aspen Mountain
Tempio Voltiano on the lakeshore, Como
ComoTempio Voltiano on the lakeshore

Photos: Aspen by Moroder, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Como by Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Aspen or Como?

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 Aspen for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Como for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Como’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. Aspen 6, Como 36: Como leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Aspen and Como are level on 45.
Culture & sights. Aspen 22, Como 52: Como leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Aspen 40, Como 22: Aspen leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aspen 95, Como 82: Aspen leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Aspen 30, Como 87: Como leads by 57 points.
Good for families. Aspen 55, Como 47: Aspen leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Aspen 72, Como 66: Aspen leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Aspen 50, Como 42: Aspen leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Aspen 5, Como 30: Como leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aspen 50, Como 34: Aspen leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aspen 50, Como 44: Aspen leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aspen and Como.

Your match

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

Aspen
43match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Como
Best match
49match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Aspen in July

27 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
33 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Como in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
158 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
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

Aspen 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. Aspen: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Aspen / Woody Creek (5.2 km from centre). Como: 1991-2020 normals, Lugano (23 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAspenComo
Official language-Italian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,405 m201 m
Main airportAspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) (ASE)5 km from centre11 non-stop destinationsMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)34 km from centre208 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAspenComo
City population7,00483,184
People per km²7002,242
Museums within 10 km211
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km08

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