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Main Street in winter with the mountains behind, Breckenridge
BreckenridgeMain Street in winter with the mountains behind
The skyline over the Schuylkill, Philadelphia
PhiladelphiaThe skyline over the Schuylkill

Photos: Breckenridge by Jeff Gunn, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Philadelphia by Trev W. Adams, Pexels License.

Breckenridge or Philadelphia?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Philadelphia for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Philadelphia’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, Philadelphia 36: Philadelphia leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Breckenridge 33, Philadelphia 62: Philadelphia leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Breckenridge 20, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Breckenridge 30, Philadelphia 55: Philadelphia leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Breckenridge 90, Philadelphia 52: Breckenridge leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Breckenridge 44, Philadelphia 80: Philadelphia leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Breckenridge 60, Philadelphia 68: Philadelphia leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Breckenridge 62, Philadelphia 66: Philadelphia leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Breckenridge 25, Philadelphia 57: Philadelphia leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Breckenridge 10, Philadelphia 40: Philadelphia leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Breckenridge 32, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Breckenridge 30, Philadelphia 26: Breckenridge leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Breckenridge and Philadelphia.

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 and wellness with your weighting.

Philadelphia
Best match
57match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Breckenridge in July

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

Philadelphia in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine 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

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). Philadelphia: 1991-2020 normals, Philadelphia International Airport (11.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBreckenridgePhiladelphia
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
Elevation2,926 m12 m
Main airportDenver International Airport (DEN)124 km from centre231 non-stop destinationsPhiladelphia International Airport (PHL)11 km from centre129 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBreckenridgePhiladelphia
City population5,0781,603,797
People per km²3324,339
Museums within 10 km054
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. 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.