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Skiers and chairlifts on the slopes in sunshine, Deer Valley
Deer ValleySkiers and chairlifts on the slopes in sunshine
The US Capitol, Washington DC
Washington DCThe US Capitol

Photos: Deer Valley by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Washington DC by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Deer Valley or Washington DC?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Washington DC for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Washington DC’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, Washington DC 12: Washington DC leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Deer Valley 38, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Deer Valley 15, Washington DC 84: Washington DC leads by 69 points.
Nightlife. Deer Valley 25, Washington DC 57: Washington DC leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Deer Valley 90, Washington DC 64: Deer Valley leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Deer Valley 38, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Deer Valley 60, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Deer Valley 50, Washington DC 72: Washington DC leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Deer Valley 25, Washington DC 52: Washington DC leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Deer Valley 4, Washington DC 28: Washington DC leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Deer Valley 30, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Deer Valley 52, Washington DC 26: Deer Valley leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Deer Valley and Washington DC.

Your match

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

Deer Valley
36match

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

Washington DC
Best match
56match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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 seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Washington DC in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
108 mmrain in the month
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Deer ValleyWashington DC

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). Washington DC: 1991-2020 normals, Washington National Airport (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDeer ValleyWashington DC
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation2,474 m72 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)45 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsRonald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)5 km from centre105 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDeer ValleyWashington DC
City population-689,545
People per km²-3,896
Museums within 10 km098
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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.