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The beach and the bay with the mountains behind, Nuevo Vallarta
Nuevo VallartaThe beach and the bay with the mountains behind
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: Nuevo Vallarta by Harpqueen, Public domain; Winter Park, Colorado by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Nuevo Vallarta 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 Nuevo Vallarta for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Winter Park, Colorado for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Nuevo Vallarta 84, Winter Park, Colorado 5: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 79 points.
Food & drink. Nuevo Vallarta 40, Winter Park, Colorado 24: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Nuevo Vallarta and Winter Park, Colorado are level on 6.
Nightlife. Nuevo Vallarta 16, Winter Park, Colorado 15: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nuevo Vallarta 75, Winter Park, Colorado 88: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Nuevo Vallarta 58, Winter Park, Colorado 38: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Nuevo Vallarta 73, Winter Park, Colorado 62: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Nuevo Vallarta 25, Winter Park, Colorado 42: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Nuevo Vallarta 22, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Nuevo Vallarta 45, Winter Park, Colorado 25: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nuevo Vallarta 18, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nuevo Vallarta 55, Winter Park, Colorado 46: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nuevo Vallarta and Winter Park, Colorado.

Your match

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

Nuevo Vallarta
Best match
43match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Winter Park, Colorado
31match

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.

Nuevo Vallarta in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
206 mmrain in the month
30 °Csea
13 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

0100200300JFMAMJJASOND
Nuevo VallartaWinter Park, Colorado

Where the figures come from

Nuevo Vallarta has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

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. Nuevo Vallarta: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Winter Park, Colorado: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (89.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNuevo VallartaWinter 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
Elevation3 m2,759 m
Main airportPuerto Vallarta International Airport (PVR)4 km from centre52 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)95 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureNuevo VallartaWinter Park, Colorado
City population1,3011,033
People per km²-24
Museums within 10 km00
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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.