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Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas
The old railway depot in the snow, Steamboat Springs
Steamboat SpringsThe old railway depot in the snow

Photos: Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Steamboat Springs by Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Maastricht or Steamboat Springs?

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 Maastricht for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Steamboat Springs for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Steamboat Springs’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. Maastricht 8, Steamboat Springs 7: Maastricht leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Maastricht 58, Steamboat Springs 30: Maastricht leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Maastricht 60, Steamboat Springs 14: Maastricht leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Maastricht 42, Steamboat Springs 20: Maastricht leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Maastricht 58, Steamboat Springs 88: Steamboat Springs leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Maastricht 77, Steamboat Springs 12: Maastricht leads by 65 points.
Good for families. Maastricht 55, Steamboat Springs 62: Steamboat Springs leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Maastricht 74, Steamboat Springs 46: Maastricht leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Maastricht 60, Steamboat Springs 22: Maastricht leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Maastricht 38, Steamboat Springs 17: Maastricht leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Maastricht 40, Steamboat Springs 28: Maastricht leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Maastricht 52, Steamboat Springs 70: Steamboat Springs leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Maastricht and Steamboat Springs.

Your match

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

Maastricht
Best match
52match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Steamboat Springs
35match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Steamboat Springs in July

28 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
31 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

Steamboat Springs 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. Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre). Steamboat Springs: 2011-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Steamboat Springs / Steamboat Ii (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMaastrichtSteamboat Springs
Official languageDutch-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation49 m2,052 m
Main airportMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsYampa Valley Airport (HDN)33 km from centre17 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMaastrichtSteamboat Springs
City population120,22713,224
People per km²2,000503
Museums within 10 km210
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.