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Skiers among snow-covered firs, Beaver Creek
Beaver CreekSkiers among snow-covered firs
The statue of Columbus in Parque Colon before the cathedral, Santo Domingo
Santo DomingoThe statue of Columbus in Parque Colon before the cathedral

Photos: Beaver Creek by Joe Lin, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Santo Domingo by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Beaver Creek or Santo Domingo?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose Santo Domingo for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Santo Domingo’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, Santo Domingo 58: Santo Domingo leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Beaver Creek 38, Santo Domingo 58: Santo Domingo leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Beaver Creek 7, Santo Domingo 64: Santo Domingo leads by 57 points.
Nightlife. Beaver Creek 12, Santo Domingo 66: Santo Domingo leads by 54 points.
Nature & outdoors. Beaver Creek 90, Santo Domingo 36: Beaver Creek leads by 54 points.
Day trips. Beaver Creek 40, Santo Domingo 44: Santo Domingo leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Beaver Creek 62, Santo Domingo 40: Beaver Creek leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Beaver Creek 45, Santo Domingo 40: Beaver Creek leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Beaver Creek 22, Santo Domingo 44: Santo Domingo leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Beaver Creek 5, Santo Domingo 66: Santo Domingo leads by 61 points.
Live music & performing arts. Beaver Creek 36, Santo Domingo 46: Santo Domingo leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Beaver Creek 55, Santo Domingo 22: Beaver Creek leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Beaver Creek and Santo Domingo.

Your match

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

Beaver Creek
35match

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

Santo Domingo
Best match
49match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Santo Domingo in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
183 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Beaver CreekSanto Domingo

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.

Santo Domingo 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). Santo Domingo: 1991-2020 normals, Santo Domingo (6.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBeaver CreekSanto Domingo
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number911911
Elevation2,264 m14 m
Main airportEagle County Regional Airport (EGE)34 km from centre16 non-stop destinationsLas Américas International Airport (SDQ)28 km from centre40 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBeaver CreekSanto Domingo
City population-2,201,941
People per km²-1,691
Museums within 10 km010
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.