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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
Skiers in front of the big timber lodge at the resort, Winter Park, Colorado
Winter Park, ColoradoSkiers in front of the big timber lodge at the resort

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Winter Park, Colorado by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Austin or Winter Park, Colorado?

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 Winter Park, Colorado for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Winter Park, Colorado’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, Winter Park, Colorado 5: Austin leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Winter Park, Colorado 24: Austin leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Winter Park, Colorado 6: Austin leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Winter Park, Colorado 15: Austin leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Winter Park, Colorado 88: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Winter Park, Colorado 38: Austin leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Winter Park, Colorado 62: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Winter Park, Colorado 42: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Austin leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Winter Park, Colorado 25: Austin leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Austin leads by 65 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, Winter Park, Colorado 46: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Winter Park, Colorado.

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.

Winter Park, Colorado
31match

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

Winter Park, Colorado in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
39 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

Winter Park, Colorado's temperatures are measured 90 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Winter Park, Colorado's station stands 269 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Winter Park, Colorado 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). Winter Park, Colorado: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (89.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinWinter Park, Colorado
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 m2,759 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)95 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinWinter Park, Colorado
City population961,8551,033
People per km²1,21724
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.