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Skiers among snow-covered firs, Beaver Creek
Beaver CreekSkiers among snow-covered firs
A canoe on the turquoise lake below the mountains, Lake Louise
Lake LouiseA canoe on the turquoise lake below the mountains

Photos: Beaver Creek by Joe Lin, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Lake Louise by Andrew Patrick Photo, Pexels License.

Beaver Creek or Lake Louise?

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

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

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

Choose Lake Louise for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Lake Louise’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, Lake Louise 5: Beaver Creek leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Beaver Creek 38, Lake Louise 20: Beaver Creek leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Beaver Creek and Lake Louise are level on 7.
Nightlife. Beaver Creek 12, Lake Louise 4: Beaver Creek leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Beaver Creek 90, Lake Louise 97: Lake Louise leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Beaver Creek 40, Lake Louise 33: Beaver Creek leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Beaver Creek 62, Lake Louise 40: Beaver Creek leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Beaver Creek 45, Lake Louise 28: Beaver Creek leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Beaver Creek 22, Lake Louise 6: Beaver Creek leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Beaver Creek 5, Lake Louise 9: Lake Louise leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Beaver Creek 36, Lake Louise 3: Beaver Creek leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Beaver Creek 55, Lake Louise 42: Beaver Creek leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Beaver Creek and Lake Louise.

Your match

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

Beaver Creek
Best match
35match

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

Lake Louise
25match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Lake Louise in July

20 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
16 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.

Lake Louise 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. Beaver Creek: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Eagle County / Gypsum (33.8 km from centre). Lake Louise: 1991-2020 normals, Yoho Park (11.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBeaver CreekLake Louise
Official language-French, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation2,264 m1,600 m
Main airportEagle County Regional Airport (EGE)34 km from centre16 non-stop destinationsCalgary International Airport (YYC)155 km from centre102 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBeaver CreekLake Louise
Museums within 10 km00
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.