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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
The wide beach and its hotels in morning light, Daytona Beach
Daytona BeachThe wide beach and its hotels in morning light

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Daytona Beach by Han Zheng, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Acapulco or Daytona Beach?

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 Acapulco for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Daytona Beach for

  • day trips
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Daytona Beach’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. Acapulco and Daytona Beach are level on 80.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, Daytona Beach 36: Acapulco leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Daytona Beach 30: Daytona Beach leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Daytona Beach 40: Acapulco leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, Daytona Beach 56: Daytona Beach leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Daytona Beach 66: Daytona Beach leads by 51 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Daytona Beach 60: Daytona Beach leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Daytona Beach 18: Acapulco leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Daytona Beach 27: Acapulco leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Daytona Beach 46: Acapulco leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Daytona Beach 30: Daytona Beach leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, Daytona Beach 30: Acapulco leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Daytona Beach.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Acapulco
44match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Daytona Beach
43match

Wins on day trips and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Acapulco in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
226 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytona Beach in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AcapulcoDaytona Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). Daytona Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Daytona Beach / Mansfield Mobile Home Park (4.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoDaytona Beach
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya-
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation18 m4 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsDaytona Beach International Airport (DAB)5 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoDaytona Beach
City population658,60972,647
People per km²350440
Museums within 10 km36
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months9 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.