Photos: Playa del Carmen by lazyweaver, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Winter Park, Colorado by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.
Playa del Carmen 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 Playa del Carmen for
- beaches
- nightlife
- day trips
What lies behind each score is written up on Playa del Carmen’s own page.
Choose Winter Park, Colorado for
- 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.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Playa del Carmen and Winter Park, Colorado.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.
Wins on 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.
Playa del Carmen in July
Winter Park, Colorado in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
Where the figures come from
Playa del Carmen 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. Playa del Carmen: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, 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
| Measure | Playa del Carmen | Winter Park, Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Spanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya | - |
| Currency | Mexican Peso (MXN) | US Dollar (USD) |
| Sockets | AB127 V, 60 Hz | AB120 V, 60 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Right |
| Time zone | UTC-5 | UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer |
| Emergency number | 911 | 911 |
| Elevation | 8 m | 2,759 m |
| Main airport | Cancún International Airport (CUN)50 km from centre135 non-stop destinations | Denver International Airport (DEN)95 km from centre231 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 9 days | 12 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Playa del Carmen | Winter Park, Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 304,942 | 1,033 |
| People per km² | - | 24 |
| Museums within 10 km | 0 | 0 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 0 | 0 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | 12 months | - |
Where else could you go?
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