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The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat
Mountain Village under snow, seen from the gondola, Telluride
TellurideMountain Village under snow, seen from the gondola

Photos: Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Telluride by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Geneva or Telluride?

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 Geneva for

  • day trips
  • shopping
  • beaches

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

Choose Telluride for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Telluride’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. Geneva 45, Telluride 5: Geneva leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Geneva 55, Telluride 38: Geneva leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Geneva 58, Telluride 20: Geneva leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Geneva 38, Telluride 20: Geneva leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Geneva 82, Telluride 93: Telluride leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Geneva 80, Telluride 30: Geneva leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Geneva 57, Telluride 45: Geneva leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Geneva 86, Telluride 66: Geneva leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Geneva 68, Telluride 25: Geneva leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Geneva 5, Telluride 7: Telluride leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Geneva 60, Telluride 35: Geneva leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Geneva 55, Telluride 45: Geneva leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Geneva and Telluride.

Your match

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

Geneva
Best match
57match

Wins on day trips and shopping with your weighting.

Telluride
36match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Telluride in July

23 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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

Telluride 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. Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre). Telluride: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Telluride / Lime (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenevaTelluride
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, Romansh-
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation403 m2,667 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsMontrose Regional Airport (MTJ)64 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenevaTelluride
City population211,1522,607
People per km²13,2801,372
Museums within 10 km340
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.