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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
Main Street in winter with the mountains behind, Breckenridge
BreckenridgeMain Street in winter with the mountains behind

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Breckenridge by Jeff Gunn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Austin or Breckenridge?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Breckenridge for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Breckenridge’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, Breckenridge 4: Austin leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Breckenridge 33: Austin leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Breckenridge 20: Austin leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Breckenridge 30: Austin leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Breckenridge 90: Breckenridge leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Breckenridge 44: Austin leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Breckenridge 60: Breckenridge leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Breckenridge 62: Breckenridge leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Breckenridge 25: Austin leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Breckenridge 10: Austin leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Breckenridge 32: Austin leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, Breckenridge 30: Austin leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Breckenridge.

Your match

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

Austin
Best match
50match

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

Breckenridge
37match

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

Breckenridge in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
41 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

Breckenridge's temperatures are measured 38 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Breckenridge 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). Breckenridge: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (37.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinBreckenridge
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 m2,926 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)124 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinBreckenridge
City population961,8555,078
People per km²1,217332
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. 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.