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Main Street in winter with the mountains behind, Breckenridge
BreckenridgeMain Street in winter with the mountains behind
The Semperoper, Dresden
DresdenThe Semperoper

Photos: Breckenridge by Jeff Gunn, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Dresden by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Breckenridge or Dresden?

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 Breckenridge for

  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Dresden for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Dresden’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. Breckenridge 4, Dresden 10: Dresden leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Breckenridge 33, Dresden 45: Dresden leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Breckenridge 20, Dresden 79: Dresden leads by 59 points.
Nightlife. Breckenridge 30, Dresden 47: Dresden leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Breckenridge 90, Dresden 74: Breckenridge leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Breckenridge 44, Dresden 76: Dresden leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Breckenridge and Dresden are level on 60.
Getting around. Breckenridge 62, Dresden 74: Dresden leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Breckenridge 25, Dresden 42: Dresden leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Breckenridge 10, Dresden 55: Dresden leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Breckenridge 32, Dresden 76: Dresden leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Breckenridge 30, Dresden 42: Dresden leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Breckenridge and Dresden.

Your match

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

Breckenridge
37match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Dresden
Best match
57match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Breckenridge in July

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

Dresden in July

26 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

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. Breckenridge: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (37.7 km from centre). Dresden: 1991-2020 normals, Dresden-Strehlen (3.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBreckenridgeDresden
Official language-German
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,926 m126 m
Main airportDenver International Airport (DEN)124 km from centre231 non-stop destinationsDresden Airport (DRS)10 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBreckenridgeDresden
City population5,078562,764
People per km²3321,713
Museums within 10 km070
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.