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The cathedral from the gardens, Malaga
MalagaThe cathedral from the gardens
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: Malaga by Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Winter Park, Colorado by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Malaga 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 Malaga for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Winter Park, Colorado for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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. Malaga 77, Winter Park, Colorado 5: Malaga leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Malaga 68, Winter Park, Colorado 24: Malaga leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Malaga 65, Winter Park, Colorado 6: Malaga leads by 59 points.
Nightlife. Malaga 62, Winter Park, Colorado 15: Malaga leads by 47 points.
Nature & outdoors. Malaga 73, Winter Park, Colorado 88: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Malaga 87, Winter Park, Colorado 38: Malaga leads by 49 points.
Good for families. Malaga 70, Winter Park, Colorado 62: Malaga leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Malaga 70, Winter Park, Colorado 42: Malaga leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Malaga 55, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Malaga leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Malaga 55, Winter Park, Colorado 25: Malaga leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Malaga 45, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Malaga leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Malaga 42, Winter Park, Colorado 46: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Malaga and Winter Park, Colorado.

Your match

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

Malaga
Best match
64match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Winter Park, Colorado
31match

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.

Malaga in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
14 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

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. Malaga: 1991-2020 normals, Malaga / Aeropuerto (8.2 km from centre). Winter Park, Colorado: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (89.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMalagaWinter Park, Colorado
Official languageSpanish-
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
Elevation18 m2,759 m
Main airportMálaga-Costa del Sol Airport (AGP)8 km from centre166 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)95 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMalagaWinter Park, Colorado
City population599,0631,033
People per km²1,51724
Museums within 10 km320
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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). 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.