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Skiers among snow-covered firs, Beaver Creek
Beaver CreekSkiers among snow-covered firs
The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach

Photos: Beaver Creek by Joe Lin, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Beaver Creek 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 Beaver Creek for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

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

Choose Myrtle Beach for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nightlife

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. Beaver Creek 6, Myrtle Beach 84: Myrtle Beach leads by 78 points.
Food & drink. Beaver Creek and Myrtle Beach are level on 38.
Culture & sights. Beaver Creek 7, Myrtle Beach 20: Myrtle Beach leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Beaver Creek 12, Myrtle Beach 42: Myrtle Beach leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Beaver Creek 90, Myrtle Beach 46: Beaver Creek leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Beaver Creek 40, Myrtle Beach 50: Myrtle Beach leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Beaver Creek 62, Myrtle Beach 80: Myrtle Beach leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Beaver Creek 45, Myrtle Beach 18: Beaver Creek leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Beaver Creek 22, Myrtle Beach 38: Myrtle Beach leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Beaver Creek 5, Myrtle Beach 52: Myrtle Beach leads by 47 points.
Live music & performing arts. Beaver Creek 36, Myrtle Beach 30: Beaver Creek leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Beaver Creek 55, Myrtle Beach 28: Beaver Creek leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Beaver Creek and Myrtle Beach.

Your match

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

Beaver Creek
35match

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

Myrtle Beach
Best match
44match

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.

Beaver Creek in July

29 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Myrtle Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
172 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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Beaver CreekMyrtle Beach

Where the figures come from

Beaver Creek's temperatures are measured 34 km from the centre, at Eagle County / Gypsum.

Beaver Creek's station stands 268 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Beaver Creek 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.

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. Beaver Creek: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Eagle County / Gypsum (33.8 km from centre). Myrtle Beach: 1971-2000 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Myrtle Beach Air Force Base (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBeaver CreekMyrtle 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
Elevation2,264 m8 m
Main airportEagle County Regional Airport (EGE)34 km from centre16 non-stop destinationsMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBeaver CreekMyrtle Beach
City population-35,682
People per km²-591
Museums within 10 km02
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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.