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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
Skiers among snow-covered firs, Beaver Creek
Beaver CreekSkiers among snow-covered firs

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Beaver Creek by Joe Lin, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Austin or Beaver Creek?

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 Austin for

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

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

Choose Beaver Creek for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Beaver Creek’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. Austin 30, Beaver Creek 6: Austin leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Beaver Creek 38: Austin leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Beaver Creek 7: Austin leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Beaver Creek 12: Austin leads by 53 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Beaver Creek 90: Beaver Creek leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Beaver Creek 40: Austin leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Beaver Creek 62: Beaver Creek leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Beaver Creek 45: Beaver Creek leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Beaver Creek 22: Austin leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Beaver Creek 5: Austin leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Beaver Creek 36: Austin leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, Beaver Creek 55: Beaver Creek leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Beaver Creek.

Your match

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

Austin
Best match
50match

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

Beaver Creek
35match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Beaver Creek in July

29 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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

Beaver Creek's temperatures are measured 34 km from the centre, at Eagle County / Gypsum.

Beaver Creek's station stands 268 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Beaver Creek 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. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Beaver Creek: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Eagle County / Gypsum (33.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinBeaver Creek
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation149 m2,264 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsEagle County Regional Airport (EGE)34 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinBeaver Creek
City population961,855-
People per km²1,217-
Museums within 10 km210
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.