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Skiers among snow-covered firs, Beaver Creek
Beaver CreekSkiers among snow-covered firs
The fountain in Piazza De Ferrari, Genoa
GenoaThe fountain in Piazza De Ferrari

Photos: Beaver Creek by Joe Lin, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Genoa by Faber1893, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Beaver Creek or Genoa?

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

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Genoa for

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Genoa’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, Genoa 62: Genoa leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Beaver Creek 38, Genoa 72: Genoa leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Beaver Creek 7, Genoa 76: Genoa leads by 69 points.
Nightlife. Beaver Creek 12, Genoa 42: Genoa leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Beaver Creek 90, Genoa 78: Beaver Creek leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Beaver Creek 40, Genoa 83: Genoa leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Beaver Creek 62, Genoa 64: Genoa leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Beaver Creek 45, Genoa 66: Genoa leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Beaver Creek 22, Genoa 48: Genoa leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Beaver Creek 5, Genoa 55: Genoa leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Beaver Creek 36, Genoa 52: Genoa leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Beaver Creek 55, Genoa 35: Beaver Creek leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Beaver Creek and Genoa.

Your match

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

Beaver Creek
35match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Genoa
Best match
61match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Beaver Creek in July

29 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Genoa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Beaver CreekGenoa

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.

Genoa 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.

Genoa's sunshine is measured 80 km from the centre, at Capo Mele.

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). Genoa: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (6.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBeaver CreekGenoa
Official language-Italian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,264 m20 m
Main airportEagle County Regional Airport (EGE)34 km from centre16 non-stop destinationsGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)7 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBeaver CreekGenoa
City population-558,745
People per km²-2,325
Museums within 10 km051
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 months

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.