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Tempio Voltiano on the lakeshore, Como
ComoTempio Voltiano on the lakeshore
Skiers and chairlifts on the slopes in sunshine, Deer Valley
Deer ValleySkiers and chairlifts on the slopes in sunshine

Photos: Como by Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Deer Valley by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Como or Deer Valley?

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 Como for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • beaches

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

Choose Deer Valley for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Deer Valley’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. Como 36, Deer Valley 10: Como leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Como 45, Deer Valley 38: Como leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Como 52, Deer Valley 15: Como leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Como 22, Deer Valley 25: Deer Valley leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Como 82, Deer Valley 90: Deer Valley leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Como 87, Deer Valley 38: Como leads by 49 points.
Good for families. Como 47, Deer Valley 60: Deer Valley leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Como 66, Deer Valley 50: Como leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Como 42, Deer Valley 25: Como leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Como 30, Deer Valley 4: Como leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Como 34, Deer Valley 30: Como leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Como 44, Deer Valley 52: Deer Valley leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Como and Deer Valley.

Your match

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

Como
Best match
49match

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

Deer Valley
36match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Como in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
158 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Deer Valley in July

28 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
23 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

Deer Valley's temperatures are measured 82 km from the centre, at Evanston.

Deer Valley's station stands 297 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Deer Valley 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. Como: 1991-2020 normals, Lugano (23 km from centre). Deer Valley: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Evanston (81.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureComoDeer Valley
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
Elevation201 m2,474 m
Main airportMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)34 km from centre208 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)45 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureComoDeer Valley
City population83,184-
People per km²2,242-
Museums within 10 km110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km80

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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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.