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Vine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley, Mendoza
MendozaVine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley
Mountain Village under snow, seen from the gondola, Telluride
TellurideMountain Village under snow, seen from the gondola

Photos: Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Telluride by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Mendoza 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 Mendoza for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • day trips

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

Choose Telluride for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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. Mendoza 6, Telluride 5: Mendoza leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Mendoza 68, Telluride 38: Mendoza leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Mendoza 30, Telluride 20: Mendoza leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Mendoza 40, Telluride 20: Mendoza leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mendoza 83, Telluride 93: Telluride leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Mendoza 52, Telluride 30: Mendoza leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Mendoza 42, Telluride 45: Telluride leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Mendoza 48, Telluride 66: Telluride leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Mendoza 33, Telluride 25: Mendoza leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Mendoza 56, Telluride 7: Mendoza leads by 49 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mendoza 33, Telluride 35: Telluride leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mendoza 55, Telluride 45: Mendoza leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mendoza and Telluride.

Your match

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

Mendoza
Best match
46match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Telluride
36match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
10 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. Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre). Telluride: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Telluride / Lime (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMendozaTelluride
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911911
Elevation769 m2,667 m
Main airportGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsMontrose Regional Airport (MTJ)64 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMendozaTelluride
City population127,1602,607
People per km²2,3551,372
Museums within 10 km10
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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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). 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.