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Galena Street with the runs of Aspen Mountain, Aspen
AspenGalena Street with the runs of Aspen Mountain
Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom

Photos: Aspen by Moroder, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Aspen or Orlando?

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

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Orlando for

  • families
  • beaches
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Orlando’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, Orlando 42: Orlando leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Aspen 45, Orlando 48: Orlando leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Aspen and Orlando are level on 22.
Nightlife. Aspen and Orlando are level on 40.
Nature & outdoors. Aspen 95, Orlando 46: Aspen leads by 49 points.
Day trips. Aspen 30, Orlando 58: Orlando leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Aspen 55, Orlando 98: Orlando leads by 43 points.
Getting around. Aspen 72, Orlando 8: Aspen leads by 64 points.
Shopping & style. Aspen 50, Orlando 58: Orlando leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Aspen 5, Orlando 36: Orlando leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aspen 50, Orlando 40: Aspen leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aspen 50, Orlando 32: Aspen leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aspen and Orlando.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Aspen
43match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Orlando
44match

Wins on families 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
15 hdaylight a day

Orlando in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
189 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.

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). Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAspenOrlando
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation2,405 m34 m
Main airportAspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) (ASE)5 km from centre11 non-stop destinationsOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre170 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAspenOrlando
City population7,004334,854
People per km²7001,086
Museums within 10 km211
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

Where else could you go?

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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.