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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
The skyline and the Rocky Mountains over City Park and Ferril Lake, Denver
DenverThe skyline and the Rocky Mountains over City Park and Ferril Lake

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Denver by Zenhaus, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bordeaux or Denver?

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 Bordeaux for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • food and drink

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

Choose Denver for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Denver’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. Bordeaux 50, Denver 5: Bordeaux leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Bordeaux 78, Denver 54: Bordeaux leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, Denver 44: Bordeaux leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, Denver 47: Bordeaux leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, Denver 84: Denver leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, Denver 57: Bordeaux leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, Denver 67: Denver leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, Denver 40: Bordeaux leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, Denver 44: Bordeaux leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, Denver 36: Bordeaux leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux 55, Denver 66: Denver leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux and Denver are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bordeaux and Denver.

Your match

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

Bordeaux
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Denver
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Denver in July

32 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
55 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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BordeauxDenver

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre). Denver: 1991-2020 normals, Denver / Stapleton International, Co. (11.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxDenver
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation1 m1,609 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)30 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxDenver
City population267,991715,522
People per km²5,4251,783
Museums within 10 km1826
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.