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The old railway depot in the snow, Steamboat Springs
Steamboat SpringsThe old railway depot in the snow
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Steamboat Springs by Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Steamboat Springs or Ushuaia?

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 Steamboat Springs for

  • wellness
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Steamboat Springs’s own page.

Choose Ushuaia for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Ushuaia’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. Steamboat Springs 7, Ushuaia 3: Steamboat Springs leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Steamboat Springs 30, Ushuaia 40: Ushuaia leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Steamboat Springs 14, Ushuaia 22: Ushuaia leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Steamboat Springs 20, Ushuaia 18: Steamboat Springs leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Steamboat Springs and Ushuaia are level on 88.
Day trips. Steamboat Springs 12, Ushuaia 14: Ushuaia leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Steamboat Springs 62, Ushuaia 40: Steamboat Springs leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Steamboat Springs 46, Ushuaia 45: Steamboat Springs leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Steamboat Springs and Ushuaia are level on 22.
Affordability. Steamboat Springs 17, Ushuaia 42: Ushuaia leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Steamboat Springs 28, Ushuaia 10: Steamboat Springs leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Steamboat Springs 70, Ushuaia 26: Steamboat Springs leads by 44 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Steamboat Springs and Ushuaia.

Your match

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

Steamboat Springs
Best match
35match

Wins on wellness and families with your weighting.

Ushuaia
31match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Steamboat Springs in July

28 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
8 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Steamboat SpringsUshuaia

Where the figures come from

Steamboat Springs 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. Steamboat Springs: 2011-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Steamboat Springs / Steamboat Ii (5.5 km from centre). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSteamboat SpringsUshuaia
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911117 or 911
Elevation2,052 m23 m
Main airportYampa Valley Airport (HDN)33 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureSteamboat SpringsUshuaia
City population13,22482,615
People per km²5033,592
Museums within 10 km05
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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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.