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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
The wide beach and its hotels in morning light, Daytona Beach
Daytona BeachThe wide beach and its hotels in morning light

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Daytona Beach by Han Zheng, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Bilbao 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 Bilbao for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Daytona Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • 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. Bilbao 45, Daytona Beach 80: Daytona Beach leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Daytona Beach 36: Bilbao leads by 45 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Daytona Beach 30: Bilbao leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Daytona Beach 40: Bilbao leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Daytona Beach 56: Bilbao leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Daytona Beach 66: Bilbao leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Daytona Beach 60: Daytona Beach leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Daytona Beach 18: Bilbao leads by 61 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Daytona Beach 27: Bilbao leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Daytona Beach 46: Daytona Beach leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Daytona Beach 30: Bilbao leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 33, Daytona Beach 30: Bilbao leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bilbao and Daytona Beach.

Your match

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

Bilbao
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around and food and drink with your weighting.

Daytona Beach
43match

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.

Bilbao in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 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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BilbaoDaytona Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Daytona Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Daytona Beach / Mansfield Mobile Home Park (4.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoDaytona Beach
Official languageSpanish-
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
Elevation19 m4 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsDaytona Beach International Airport (DAB)5 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoDaytona Beach
City population351,12472,647
People per km²8,440440
Museums within 10 km176
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month9 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.