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Galena Street with the runs of Aspen Mountain, Aspen
AspenGalena Street with the runs of Aspen Mountain
The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple

Photos: Aspen by Moroder, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Aspen or Luxor?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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

Choose Luxor for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Luxor’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 and Luxor are level on 6.
Food & drink. Aspen 45, Luxor 30: Aspen leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Aspen 22, Luxor 95: Luxor leads by 73 points.
Nightlife. Aspen 40, Luxor 10: Aspen leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aspen 95, Luxor 32: Aspen leads by 63 points.
Day trips. Aspen 30, Luxor 62: Luxor leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Aspen 55, Luxor 30: Aspen leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Aspen 72, Luxor 35: Aspen leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Aspen 50, Luxor 25: Aspen leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Aspen 5, Luxor 90: Luxor leads by 85 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aspen 50, Luxor 10: Aspen leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aspen 50, Luxor 28: Aspen leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aspen and Luxor.

Your match

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

Aspen
Best match
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Luxor
38match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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
15 hdaylight a day

Luxor in July

41 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
14 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.

Luxor 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). Luxor: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Luxor (6.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAspenLuxor
Official language-Arabic
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation2,405 m89 m
Main airportAspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) (ASE)5 km from centre11 non-stop destinationsLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAspenLuxor
City population7,004202,232
People per km²700486
Museums within 10 km24
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. 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.