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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Berlin 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 Berlin for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Berlin’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. Berlin 38, Myrtle Beach 84: Myrtle Beach leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Myrtle Beach 38: Berlin leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Myrtle Beach 20: Berlin leads by 66 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Myrtle Beach 42: Berlin leads by 56 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Myrtle Beach 46: Berlin leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Myrtle Beach 50: Berlin leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Myrtle Beach 80: Myrtle Beach leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Myrtle Beach 18: Berlin leads by 64 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Myrtle Beach 38: Berlin leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Myrtle Beach 52: Myrtle Beach leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Myrtle Beach 30: Berlin leads by 60 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Myrtle Beach 28: Berlin leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Myrtle Beach.

Your match

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

Berlin
Best match
69match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around 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.

Berlin in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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BerlinMyrtle Beach

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. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Myrtle Beach: 1971-2000 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Myrtle Beach Air Force Base (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinMyrtle Beach
Official languageGerman-
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
Elevation34 m8 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinMyrtle Beach
City population3,700,57735,682
People per km²4,153591
Museums within 10 km1572
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.