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Erasmus Bridge and the skyline, Rotterdam
RotterdamErasmus Bridge and the skyline
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: Rotterdam by Bas Geerlings, Pexels License; Winter Park, Colorado by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Rotterdam 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 Rotterdam for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Rotterdam’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. Rotterdam 27, Winter Park, Colorado 5: Rotterdam leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Rotterdam 52, Winter Park, Colorado 24: Rotterdam leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Rotterdam 58, Winter Park, Colorado 6: Rotterdam leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Rotterdam 52, Winter Park, Colorado 15: Rotterdam leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Rotterdam 44, Winter Park, Colorado 88: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Rotterdam 85, Winter Park, Colorado 38: Rotterdam leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Rotterdam 66, Winter Park, Colorado 62: Rotterdam leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Rotterdam 78, Winter Park, Colorado 42: Rotterdam leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Rotterdam 55, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Rotterdam leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Rotterdam 38, Winter Park, Colorado 25: Rotterdam leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Rotterdam 58, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Rotterdam leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Rotterdam 42, Winter Park, Colorado 46: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Rotterdam and Winter Park, Colorado.

Your match

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

Rotterdam
Best match
55match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips 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.

Rotterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Winter Park, Colorado in July

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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RotterdamWinter Park, Colorado

Where the figures come from

Rotterdam 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.

Rotterdam's sunshine is measured 52 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

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. Rotterdam: 1993-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Rotterdam Airport Zestienhoven (3.9 km from centre). Winter Park, Colorado: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (89.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRotterdamWinter Park, Colorado
Official languageDutch-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m2,759 m
Main airportRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)5 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)95 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureRotterdamWinter Park, Colorado
City population664,3111,033
People per km²2,08024
Museums within 10 km400
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.