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The skyline over the Schuylkill, Philadelphia
PhiladelphiaThe skyline over the Schuylkill
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: Philadelphia by Trev W. Adams, Pexels License; Winter Park, Colorado by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Philadelphia’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. Philadelphia 36, Winter Park, Colorado 5: Philadelphia leads by 31 points.
Food & drink. Philadelphia 62, Winter Park, Colorado 24: Philadelphia leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Philadelphia 72, Winter Park, Colorado 6: Philadelphia leads by 66 points.
Nightlife. Philadelphia 55, Winter Park, Colorado 15: Philadelphia leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Philadelphia 52, Winter Park, Colorado 88: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Philadelphia 80, Winter Park, Colorado 38: Philadelphia leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Philadelphia 68, Winter Park, Colorado 62: Philadelphia leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Philadelphia 66, Winter Park, Colorado 42: Philadelphia leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Philadelphia 57, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Philadelphia leads by 45 points.
Affordability. Philadelphia 40, Winter Park, Colorado 25: Philadelphia leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Philadelphia 72, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Philadelphia leads by 60 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Philadelphia 26, Winter Park, Colorado 46: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Philadelphia and Winter Park, Colorado.

Your match

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

Philadelphia
Best match
57match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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.

Philadelphia in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Winter Park, Colorado in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
39 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

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. Philadelphia: 1991-2020 normals, Philadelphia International Airport (11.3 km from centre). Winter Park, Colorado: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (89.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePhiladelphiaWinter Park, Colorado
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation12 m2,759 m
Main airportPhiladelphia International Airport (PHL)11 km from centre129 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)95 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePhiladelphiaWinter Park, Colorado
City population1,603,7971,033
People per km²4,33924
Museums within 10 km540
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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). 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. 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.