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Skiers among snow-covered firs, Beaver Creek
Beaver CreekSkiers among snow-covered firs
The Plaza de Armas with the cathedral and La Compañía, Cusco
CuscoThe Plaza de Armas with the cathedral and La Compañía

Photos: Beaver Creek by Joe Lin, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Cusco by Pedro Szekely, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Beaver Creek or Cusco?

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 Beaver Creek for

  • families
  • wellness
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Cusco for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Cusco’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. Beaver Creek 6, Cusco 3: Beaver Creek leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Beaver Creek 38, Cusco 56: Cusco leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Beaver Creek 7, Cusco 81: Cusco leads by 74 points.
Nightlife. Beaver Creek 12, Cusco 42: Cusco leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Beaver Creek 90, Cusco 86: Beaver Creek leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Beaver Creek 40, Cusco 78: Cusco leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Beaver Creek 62, Cusco 10: Beaver Creek leads by 52 points.
Getting around. Beaver Creek 45, Cusco 48: Cusco leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Beaver Creek 22, Cusco 52: Cusco leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Beaver Creek 5, Cusco 73: Cusco leads by 68 points.
Live music & performing arts. Beaver Creek 36, Cusco 30: Beaver Creek leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Beaver Creek 55, Cusco 33: Beaver Creek leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Beaver Creek and Cusco.

Your match

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

Beaver Creek
35match

Wins on families and wellness with your weighting.

Cusco
Best match
49match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Beaver Creek in July

29 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
15 hdaylight a day

Cusco in July

20 °Cdaytime high
1 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Beaver CreekCusco

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.

Cusco's station stands 151 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Beaver Creek: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Eagle County / Gypsum (33.8 km from centre). Cusco: 1991-2020 normals, Cuzco (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBeaver CreekCusco
Official language-Spanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Sol (PEN)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number911111 or 911
Elevation2,264 m3,399 m
Main airportEagle County Regional Airport (EGE)34 km from centre16 non-stop destinationsAlejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ)5 km from centre6 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBeaver CreekCusco
City population-428,450
Museums within 10 km011
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02

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Sources

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