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A canal bridge in autumn, Amsterdam
AmsterdamA canal bridge in autumn
The wide beach and its hotels in morning light, Daytona Beach
Daytona BeachThe wide beach and its hotels in morning light

Photos: Amsterdam by Hans, Pexels License; Daytona Beach by Han Zheng, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Amsterdam 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 Amsterdam for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Daytona Beach for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • 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. Amsterdam 25, Daytona Beach 80: Daytona Beach leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. Amsterdam 58, Daytona Beach 36: Amsterdam leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Amsterdam 82, Daytona Beach 30: Amsterdam leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Amsterdam 77, Daytona Beach 40: Amsterdam leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amsterdam 47, Daytona Beach 56: Daytona Beach leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Amsterdam 87, Daytona Beach 66: Amsterdam leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Amsterdam 72, Daytona Beach 60: Amsterdam leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Amsterdam 86, Daytona Beach 18: Amsterdam leads by 68 points.
Shopping & style. Amsterdam 68, Daytona Beach 27: Amsterdam leads by 41 points.
Affordability. Amsterdam 22, Daytona Beach 46: Daytona Beach leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amsterdam 78, Daytona Beach 30: Amsterdam leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amsterdam 42, Daytona Beach 30: Amsterdam leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amsterdam and Daytona Beach.

Your match

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

Amsterdam
Best match
62match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Daytona Beach
43match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Amsterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
16 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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Where the figures come from

Amsterdam 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.

Amsterdam's sunshine is measured 35 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amsterdam: 1991-2020 normals, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (12 km from centre). Daytona Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Daytona Beach / Mansfield Mobile Home Park (4.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmsterdamDaytona Beach
Official languageDutch-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation-2 m4 m
Main airportAmsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)12 km from centre287 non-stop destinationsDaytona Beach International Airport (DAB)5 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmsterdamDaytona Beach
City population921,46872,647
People per km²4,208440
Museums within 10 km1016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone9 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.