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The skyline and the Rocky Mountains over City Park and Ferril Lake, Denver
DenverThe skyline and the Rocky Mountains over City Park and Ferril Lake
The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro

Photos: Denver by Zenhaus, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Denver or Paris?

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 Denver for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Paris for

  • shopping
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Paris’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. Denver 5, Paris 9: Paris leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Denver 54, Paris 96: Paris leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Denver 44, Paris 97: Paris leads by 53 points.
Nightlife. Denver 47, Paris 80: Paris leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Denver 84, Paris 52: Denver leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Denver 57, Paris 92: Paris leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Denver 67, Paris 79: Paris leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Denver 40, Paris 88: Paris leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Denver 44, Paris 98: Paris leads by 54 points.
Affordability. Denver 36, Paris 25: Denver leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Denver 66, Paris 88: Paris leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Denver and Paris are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Denver and Paris.

Your match

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

Denver
49match

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

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on shopping and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Denver in July

32 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
55 mmrain in the month
15 hdaylight a day

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DenverParis

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Denver: 1991-2020 normals, Denver / Stapleton International, Co. (11.2 km from centre). Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDenverParis
Official language-French
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,609 m27 m
Main airportDenver International Airport (DEN)30 km from centre231 non-stop destinationsCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDenverParis
City population715,5222,103,778
People per km²1,78319,960
Museums within 10 km26251
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04

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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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.