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The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue
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: Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Winter Park, Colorado by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Mombasa 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 Mombasa for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Winter Park, Colorado for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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. Mombasa 82, Winter Park, Colorado 5: Mombasa leads by 77 points.
Food & drink. Mombasa 60, Winter Park, Colorado 24: Mombasa leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Mombasa 55, Winter Park, Colorado 6: Mombasa leads by 49 points.
Nightlife. Mombasa 46, Winter Park, Colorado 15: Mombasa leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mombasa 74, Winter Park, Colorado 88: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Mombasa 45, Winter Park, Colorado 38: Mombasa leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Mombasa 45, Winter Park, Colorado 62: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Mombasa 30, Winter Park, Colorado 42: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Mombasa 35, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Mombasa leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Mombasa 70, Winter Park, Colorado 25: Mombasa leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mombasa 22, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Mombasa leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mombasa 40, Winter Park, Colorado 46: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mombasa and Winter Park, Colorado.

Your match

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

Mombasa
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Winter Park, Colorado
31match

Wins on families 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.

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
26 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Winter Park, Colorado in July

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MombasaWinter Park, Colorado

Where the figures come from

Mombasa 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. Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre). Winter Park, Colorado: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (89.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMombasaWinter Park, Colorado
Official languageEnglish, Swahili-
CurrencyKenyan Shilling (KES)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999911
Elevation50 m2,759 m
Main airportMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)95 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMombasaWinter Park, Colorado
City population1,208,3331,033
People per km²4,10024
Museums within 10 km00
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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). 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.