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Skiers and chairlifts on the slopes in sunshine, Deer Valley
Deer ValleySkiers and chairlifts on the slopes in sunshine
Vine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley, Mendoza
MendozaVine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley

Photos: Deer Valley by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Deer Valley or Mendoza?

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 Deer Valley for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Mendoza for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Mendoza’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. Deer Valley 10, Mendoza 6: Deer Valley leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Deer Valley 38, Mendoza 68: Mendoza leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Deer Valley 15, Mendoza 30: Mendoza leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Deer Valley 25, Mendoza 40: Mendoza leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Deer Valley 90, Mendoza 83: Deer Valley leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Deer Valley 38, Mendoza 52: Mendoza leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Deer Valley 60, Mendoza 42: Deer Valley leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Deer Valley 50, Mendoza 48: Deer Valley leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Deer Valley 25, Mendoza 33: Mendoza leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Deer Valley 4, Mendoza 56: Mendoza leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Deer Valley 30, Mendoza 33: Mendoza leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Deer Valley 52, Mendoza 55: Mendoza leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Deer Valley and Mendoza.

Your match

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

Deer Valley
36match

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

Mendoza
Best match
46match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Deer Valley in July

28 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
10 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. Deer Valley: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Evanston (81.9 km from centre). Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDeer ValleyMendoza
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911117 or 911
Elevation2,474 m769 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)45 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureDeer ValleyMendoza
City population-127,160
People per km²-2,355
Museums within 10 km01
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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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. 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.