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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 coloured houses stepping down to the sea, Positano
PositanoThe coloured houses stepping down to the sea

Photos: Copper Mountain by SparkFunElectronics, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Positano by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Copper Mountain or Positano?

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

  • families
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Positano for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Positano’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, Positano 77: Positano leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Copper Mountain 20, Positano 40: Positano leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Copper Mountain 4, Positano 22: Positano leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Copper Mountain 12, Positano 22: Positano leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Copper Mountain 90, Positano 80: Copper Mountain leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Copper Mountain 55, Positano 88: Positano leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Copper Mountain 62, Positano 28: Copper Mountain leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Copper Mountain 48, Positano 35: Copper Mountain leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Copper Mountain 8, Positano 45: Positano leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Copper Mountain 18, Positano 10: Copper Mountain leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Copper Mountain 8, Positano 15: Positano leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Copper Mountain 28, Positano 45: Positano leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Copper Mountain and Positano.

Your match

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

Copper Mountain
30match

Wins on families and getting around with your weighting.

Positano
Best match
42match

Wins on beaches and shopping 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 recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Positano in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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

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.

Positano's temperatures are measured 25 km from the centre, at Capri.

Positano 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.

Positano's sunshine is measured 59 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

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). Positano: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Capri (25.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCopper MountainPositano
Official language-Italian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,955 m142 m
Main airportDenver International Airport (DEN)132 km from centre231 non-stop destinationsNaples International Airport (NAP)33 km from centre131 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCopper MountainPositano
City population6503,729
People per km²8429
Museums within 10 km010
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. 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.