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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Acapulco or Myrtle 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

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Myrtle Beach for

  • day trips
  • families
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Myrtle 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 80, Myrtle Beach 84: Myrtle Beach leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, Myrtle Beach 38: Acapulco leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Myrtle Beach 20: Acapulco leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Myrtle Beach 42: Acapulco leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, Myrtle Beach 46: Acapulco leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Myrtle Beach 50: Myrtle Beach leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Myrtle Beach 80: Myrtle Beach leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Myrtle Beach 18: Acapulco leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Myrtle Beach 38: Myrtle Beach leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Myrtle Beach 52: Acapulco leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Myrtle Beach 30: Myrtle Beach leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, Myrtle Beach 28: Acapulco leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Myrtle Beach.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Acapulco
44match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Myrtle Beach
44match

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

Myrtle Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
172 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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Where the figures come from

Myrtle Beach 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. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). Myrtle Beach: 1971-2000 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Myrtle Beach Air Force Base (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoMyrtle 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 m8 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoMyrtle Beach
City population658,60935,682
People per km²350591
Museums within 10 km32
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 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.