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Skiers and chairlifts on the slopes in sunshine, Deer Valley
Deer ValleySkiers and chairlifts on the slopes in sunshine
The coloured houses stepping down to the sea, Positano
PositanoThe coloured houses stepping down to the sea

Photos: Deer Valley by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Positano by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Deer Valley 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 Deer Valley for

  • families
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Positano for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • shopping

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. Deer Valley 10, Positano 77: Positano leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Deer Valley 38, Positano 40: Positano leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Deer Valley 15, Positano 22: Positano leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Deer Valley 25, Positano 22: Deer Valley leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Deer Valley 90, Positano 80: Deer Valley leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Deer Valley 38, Positano 88: Positano leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Deer Valley 60, Positano 28: Deer Valley leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Deer Valley 50, Positano 35: Deer Valley leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Deer Valley 25, Positano 45: Positano leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Deer Valley 4, Positano 10: Positano leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Deer Valley 30, Positano 15: Deer Valley leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Deer Valley 52, Positano 45: Deer Valley leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Deer Valley and Positano.

Your match

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

Deer Valley
36match

Wins on families and getting around with your weighting.

Positano
Best match
42match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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
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

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.

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. Deer Valley: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Evanston (81.9 km from centre). Positano: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Capri (25.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDeer ValleyPositano
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
Elevation2,474 m142 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)45 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsNaples International Airport (NAP)33 km from centre131 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDeer ValleyPositano
City population-3,729
People per km²-429
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.