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Skiers at the Albion base of the ski area, Alta, Utah
Alta, UtahSkiers at the Albion base of the ski area
The wide beach and its hotels in morning light, Daytona Beach
Daytona BeachThe wide beach and its hotels in morning light

Photos: Alta, Utah by Sumanch, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Daytona Beach by Han Zheng, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Alta, Utah 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 Alta, Utah for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Alta, Utah’s own page.

Choose Daytona Beach for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • prices

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. Alta, Utah 3, Daytona Beach 80: Daytona Beach leads by 77 points.
Food & drink. Alta, Utah 15, Daytona Beach 36: Daytona Beach leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Alta, Utah 5, Daytona Beach 30: Daytona Beach leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Alta, Utah 4, Daytona Beach 40: Daytona Beach leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alta, Utah 90, Daytona Beach 56: Alta, Utah leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Alta, Utah 40, Daytona Beach 66: Daytona Beach leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Alta, Utah 30, Daytona Beach 60: Daytona Beach leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Alta, Utah 35, Daytona Beach 18: Alta, Utah leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Alta, Utah 4, Daytona Beach 27: Daytona Beach leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Alta, Utah 15, Daytona Beach 46: Daytona Beach leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alta, Utah 3, Daytona Beach 30: Daytona Beach leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alta, Utah 35, Daytona Beach 30: Alta, Utah leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alta, Utah and Daytona Beach.

Your match

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

Alta, Utah
23match

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

Daytona Beach
Best match
43match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Alta, Utah in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytona Beach in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Alta, UtahDaytona Beach

Where the figures come from

Alta, Utah has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alta, Utah: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Daytona Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Daytona Beach / Mansfield Mobile Home Park (4.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlta, UtahDaytona Beach
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation2,610 m4 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)37 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsDaytona Beach International Airport (DAB)5 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlta, UtahDaytona Beach
City population22872,647
People per km²19440
Museums within 10 km06
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-9 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.