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Skiers among snow-covered firs, Beaver Creek
Beaver CreekSkiers among snow-covered firs
The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue

Photos: Beaver Creek by Joe Lin, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Beaver Creek or Mombasa?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Mombasa for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Mombasa’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, Mombasa 82: Mombasa leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Beaver Creek 38, Mombasa 60: Mombasa leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Beaver Creek 7, Mombasa 55: Mombasa leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Beaver Creek 12, Mombasa 46: Mombasa leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Beaver Creek 90, Mombasa 74: Beaver Creek leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Beaver Creek 40, Mombasa 45: Mombasa leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Beaver Creek 62, Mombasa 45: Beaver Creek leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Beaver Creek 45, Mombasa 30: Beaver Creek leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Beaver Creek 22, Mombasa 35: Mombasa leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Beaver Creek 5, Mombasa 70: Mombasa leads by 65 points.
Live music & performing arts. Beaver Creek 36, Mombasa 22: Beaver Creek leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Beaver Creek 55, Mombasa 40: Beaver Creek leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Beaver Creek and Mombasa.

Your match

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

Beaver Creek
35match

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

Mombasa
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
26 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Beaver CreekMombasa

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.

Mombasa 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). Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBeaver CreekMombasa
Official language-English, Swahili
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number911Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation2,264 m50 m
Main airportEagle County Regional Airport (EGE)34 km from centre16 non-stop destinationsMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureBeaver CreekMombasa
City population-1,208,333
People per km²-4,100
Museums within 10 km00
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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.