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Skiers at the foot of the slopes in the village, Copper Mountain
Copper MountainSkiers at the foot of the slopes in the village
The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue

Photos: Copper Mountain by SparkFunElectronics, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Copper Mountain or Mombasa?

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 Copper Mountain for

  • getting around
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Mombasa for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Mombasa’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. Copper Mountain 3, Mombasa 82: Mombasa leads by 79 points.
Food & drink. Copper Mountain 20, Mombasa 60: Mombasa leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Copper Mountain 4, Mombasa 55: Mombasa leads by 51 points.
Nightlife. Copper Mountain 12, Mombasa 46: Mombasa leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Copper Mountain 90, Mombasa 74: Copper Mountain leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Copper Mountain 55, Mombasa 45: Copper Mountain leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Copper Mountain 62, Mombasa 45: Copper Mountain leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Copper Mountain 48, Mombasa 30: Copper Mountain leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Copper Mountain 8, Mombasa 35: Mombasa leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Copper Mountain 18, Mombasa 70: Mombasa leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Copper Mountain 8, Mombasa 22: Mombasa leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Copper Mountain 28, Mombasa 40: Mombasa leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Copper Mountain and Mombasa.

Your match

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

Copper Mountain
30match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Mombasa
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches 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.

Copper Mountain in July

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

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
26 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Copper MountainMombasa

Where the figures come from

Copper Mountain's temperatures are measured 35 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Copper Mountain 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.

Mombasa 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. Copper Mountain: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (35.2 km from centre). Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCopper MountainMombasa
Official language-English, Swahili
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number911Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation2,955 m50 m
Main airportDenver International Airport (DEN)132 km from centre231 non-stop destinationsMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureCopper MountainMombasa
City population6501,208,333
People per km²84,100
Museums within 10 km00
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.