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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Austin 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 Austin for

  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose Myrtle Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • prices

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. Austin 30, Myrtle Beach 84: Myrtle Beach leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Myrtle Beach 38: Austin leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Myrtle Beach 20: Austin leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Myrtle Beach 42: Austin leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Myrtle Beach 46: Austin leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Myrtle Beach 50: Austin leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Myrtle Beach 80: Myrtle Beach leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Myrtle Beach 18: Austin leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Myrtle Beach 38: Austin leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Myrtle Beach 52: Myrtle Beach leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Myrtle Beach 30: Austin leads by 47 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, Myrtle Beach 28: Austin leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Myrtle Beach.

Your match

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

Austin
Best match
50match

Wins on live music and the arts and food and drink with your weighting.

Myrtle Beach
44match

Wins on beaches 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.

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Myrtle Beach: 1971-2000 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Myrtle Beach Air Force Base (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinMyrtle Beach
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation149 m8 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinMyrtle Beach
City population961,85535,682
People per km²1,217591
Museums within 10 km212
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 months

Where else could you go?

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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. 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. 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.