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Skiers among snow-covered firs, Beaver Creek
Beaver CreekSkiers among snow-covered firs
The US Capitol, Washington DC
Washington DCThe US Capitol

Photos: Beaver Creek by Joe Lin, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Washington DC by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Beaver Creek or Washington DC?

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 Washington DC for

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Washington DC’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, Washington DC 12: Washington DC leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Beaver Creek 38, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Beaver Creek 7, Washington DC 84: Washington DC leads by 77 points.
Nightlife. Beaver Creek 12, Washington DC 57: Washington DC leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Beaver Creek 90, Washington DC 64: Beaver Creek leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Beaver Creek 40, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Beaver Creek 62, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Beaver Creek 45, Washington DC 72: Washington DC leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Beaver Creek 22, Washington DC 52: Washington DC leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Beaver Creek 5, Washington DC 28: Washington DC leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Beaver Creek 36, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Beaver Creek 55, Washington DC 26: Beaver Creek leads by 29 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Beaver Creek and Washington DC.

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.

Washington DC
Best match
56match

Wins on culture and sights and nightlife 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

Washington DC in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
108 mmrain in the month
25 °Csea
15 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.

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). Washington DC: 1991-2020 normals, Washington National Airport (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBeaver CreekWashington DC
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation2,264 m72 m
Main airportEagle County Regional Airport (EGE)34 km from centre16 non-stop destinationsRonald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)5 km from centre105 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBeaver CreekWashington DC
City population-689,545
People per km²-3,896
Museums within 10 km098
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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.