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La Concha beach and Monte Urgull, San Sebastian
San SebastianLa Concha beach and Monte Urgull
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: San Sebastian by Guérin Nicolas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Winter Park, Colorado by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

San Sebastian 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 San Sebastian for

  • food and drink
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on San Sebastian’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.

Beaches & swimming. San Sebastian 68, Winter Park, Colorado 5: San Sebastian leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. San Sebastian 88, Winter Park, Colorado 24: San Sebastian leads by 64 points.
Culture & sights. San Sebastian 52, Winter Park, Colorado 6: San Sebastian leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. San Sebastian 44, Winter Park, Colorado 15: San Sebastian leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. San Sebastian 72, Winter Park, Colorado 88: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 16 points.
Day trips. San Sebastian 80, Winter Park, Colorado 38: San Sebastian leads by 42 points.
Good for families. San Sebastian 66, Winter Park, Colorado 62: San Sebastian leads by 4 points.
Getting around. San Sebastian 80, Winter Park, Colorado 42: San Sebastian leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. San Sebastian 40, Winter Park, Colorado 12: San Sebastian leads by 28 points.
Affordability. San Sebastian 32, Winter Park, Colorado 25: San Sebastian leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. San Sebastian 45, Winter Park, Colorado 12: San Sebastian leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. San Sebastian 50, Winter Park, Colorado 46: San Sebastian leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: San Sebastian and Winter Park, Colorado.

Your match

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

San Sebastian
Best match
60match

Wins on food and drink and beaches with your weighting.

Winter Park, Colorado
31match

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.

San Sebastian in July

22 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
92 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
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
No seasea
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

San Sebastian's station stands 252 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

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. San Sebastian: 1991-2020 normals, San Sebastian / Igueldo (6.1 km from centre). Winter Park, Colorado: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (89.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSan SebastianWinter Park, Colorado
Official languageSpanish-
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
Elevation6 m2,759 m
Main airportSan Sebastián Airport (EAS)16 km from centre11 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)95 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSan SebastianWinter Park, Colorado
City population189,8661,033
People per km²3,11824
Museums within 10 km140
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 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). 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.