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The beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier, Virginia Beach
Virginia BeachThe beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier
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: Virginia Beach by SchuminWeb, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Winter Park, Colorado by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Virginia Beach 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 Virginia Beach for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Virginia Beach’s own page.

Choose Winter Park, Colorado for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • 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. Virginia Beach 77, Winter Park, Colorado 5: Virginia Beach leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Virginia Beach 42, Winter Park, Colorado 24: Virginia Beach leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Virginia Beach 30, Winter Park, Colorado 6: Virginia Beach leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Virginia Beach 37, Winter Park, Colorado 15: Virginia Beach leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Virginia Beach 56, Winter Park, Colorado 88: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Virginia Beach 64, Winter Park, Colorado 38: Virginia Beach leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Virginia Beach 75, Winter Park, Colorado 62: Virginia Beach leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Virginia Beach 27, Winter Park, Colorado 42: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Virginia Beach 32, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Virginia Beach leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Virginia Beach 40, Winter Park, Colorado 25: Virginia Beach leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Virginia Beach 38, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Virginia Beach leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Virginia Beach 32, Winter Park, Colorado 46: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Virginia Beach and Winter Park, Colorado.

Your match

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

Virginia Beach
Best match
46match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Winter Park, Colorado
31match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Virginia Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
152 mmrain in the month
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Winter Park, Colorado in July

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Virginia BeachWinter Park, Colorado

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. Virginia Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Virginia Beach / Gatewood Park (5.7 km from centre). Winter Park, Colorado: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (89.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureVirginia BeachWinter 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
Elevation7 m2,759 m
Main airportNorfolk International Airport (ORF)20 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)95 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureVirginia BeachWinter Park, Colorado
City population459,4701,033
People per km²-24
Museums within 10 km20
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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). 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.