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San Petronio on Piazza Maggiore, Bologna
BolognaSan Petronio on Piazza Maggiore
Main Street in winter with the mountains behind, Breckenridge
BreckenridgeMain Street in winter with the mountains behind

Photos: Bologna by Vanni Lazzari, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Breckenridge by Jeff Gunn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bologna or Breckenridge?

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 Bologna for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Breckenridge for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Breckenridge’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. Bologna 30, Breckenridge 4: Bologna leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Bologna 82, Breckenridge 33: Bologna leads by 49 points.
Culture & sights. Bologna 77, Breckenridge 20: Bologna leads by 57 points.
Nightlife. Bologna 58, Breckenridge 30: Bologna leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bologna 52, Breckenridge 90: Breckenridge leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Bologna 95, Breckenridge 44: Bologna leads by 51 points.
Good for families. Bologna 50, Breckenridge 60: Breckenridge leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Bologna 76, Breckenridge 62: Bologna leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Bologna 55, Breckenridge 25: Bologna leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Bologna 48, Breckenridge 10: Bologna leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bologna 60, Breckenridge 32: Bologna leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bologna 40, Breckenridge 30: Bologna leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bologna and Breckenridge.

Your match

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

Bologna
Best match
60match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

Breckenridge
37match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Bologna in July

32 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Breckenridge in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
41 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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

Bologna 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.

Bologna's sunshine is measured 82 km from the centre, at Cervia.

Breckenridge's temperatures are measured 38 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Breckenridge 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. Bologna: 1991-2020 normals, Bologna / Borgo Panigale (5.5 km from centre). Breckenridge: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (37.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBolognaBreckenridge
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation54 m2,926 m
Main airportBologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)6 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)124 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBolognaBreckenridge
City population387,9715,078
People per km²2,754332
Museums within 10 km680
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.