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Main Street in winter with the mountains behind, Breckenridge
BreckenridgeMain Street in winter with the mountains behind
The Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz, Nuremberg
NurembergThe Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz

Photos: Breckenridge by Jeff Gunn, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Nuremberg by Horst Gutmann, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Breckenridge or Nuremberg?

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 Nuremberg for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Nuremberg’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, Nuremberg 14: Nuremberg leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Breckenridge 33, Nuremberg 53: Nuremberg leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Breckenridge 20, Nuremberg 69: Nuremberg leads by 49 points.
Nightlife. Breckenridge 30, Nuremberg 40: Nuremberg leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Breckenridge 90, Nuremberg 56: Breckenridge leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Breckenridge 44, Nuremberg 80: Nuremberg leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Breckenridge 60, Nuremberg 64: Nuremberg leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Breckenridge 62, Nuremberg 78: Nuremberg leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Breckenridge 25, Nuremberg 45: Nuremberg leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Breckenridge 10, Nuremberg 50: Nuremberg leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Breckenridge 32, Nuremberg 52: Nuremberg leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Breckenridge 30, Nuremberg 47: Nuremberg leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Breckenridge and Nuremberg.

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.

Nuremberg
Best match
54match

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

Nuremberg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 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). Nuremberg: 1991-2020 normals, Nuernberg (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBreckenridgeNuremberg
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 m209 m
Main airportDenver International Airport (DEN)124 km from centre231 non-stop destinationsNuremberg Airport (NUE)5 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBreckenridgeNuremberg
City population5,078531,159
People per km²3322,848
Museums within 10 km050
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.