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Rocks and beach in Tangolunda Bay, Huatulco
HuatulcoRocks and beach in Tangolunda Bay
Skiers in front of the big timber lodge at the resort, Winter Park, Colorado
Winter Park, ColoradoSkiers in front of the big timber lodge at the resort

Photos: Huatulco by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Winter Park, Colorado by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Huatulco or Winter Park, Colorado?

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 Huatulco for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Winter Park, Colorado for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Winter Park, Colorado’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. Huatulco 86, Winter Park, Colorado 5: Huatulco leads by 81 points.
Food & drink. Huatulco 44, Winter Park, Colorado 24: Huatulco leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Huatulco 15, Winter Park, Colorado 6: Huatulco leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Huatulco 24, Winter Park, Colorado 15: Huatulco leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Huatulco 76, Winter Park, Colorado 88: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Huatulco 40, Winter Park, Colorado 38: Huatulco leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Huatulco 56, Winter Park, Colorado 62: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Huatulco 33, Winter Park, Colorado 42: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Huatulco 20, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Huatulco leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Huatulco 62, Winter Park, Colorado 25: Huatulco leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Huatulco 9, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Huatulco 52, Winter Park, Colorado 46: Huatulco leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Huatulco and Winter Park, Colorado.

Your match

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Huatulco
Best match
43match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Winter Park, Colorado
31match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Huatulco in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
156 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Winter Park, Colorado in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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

Huatulco's temperatures are measured 42 km from the centre, at Puerto Angel, Oax..

Huatulco's station stands 177 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Huatulco 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.

Winter Park, Colorado's temperatures are measured 90 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Winter Park, Colorado's station stands 269 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Winter Park, Colorado 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. Huatulco: 1991-2020 normals, Puerto Angel, Oax. (42.2 km from centre). Winter Park, Colorado: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (89.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHuatulcoWinter Park, Colorado
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya-
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation220 m2,759 m
Main airportBahías de Huatulco International Airport (HUX)15 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)95 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHuatulcoWinter Park, Colorado
City population7,4091,033
People per km²-24
Museums within 10 km00
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.