Cooling systems are becoming increasingly important around the world. While centralized heating systems have been around for decades, cooling systems tend to be something that is only kept for large buildings, and decentralized cooling has flourished and is becoming the first choice when it comes to comfort needs, disregarding the efficiency of larger systems. In this work, TRNSYS was used taking advantage of the Wedistrict methodology to compare two different alternatives and analyze which technology fits better in a cold district solution. On one side, single-stage absorption chillers combined with solar thermal technologies (Fresnel) as its heat source, and on the other, compression chillers with high energy efficiency ratios combined with photovoltaic technologies were used. The paper shows that the current technological state singles out the compression chiller as a more appropriate selection for variable demand systems, while leaving absorption chillers as a viable option for constant cooling demand systems where a high temperature heat source is available.