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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bilbao 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 Bilbao for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Bilbao’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. Bilbao 45, Myrtle Beach 84: Myrtle Beach leads by 39 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Myrtle Beach 38: Bilbao leads by 43 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Myrtle Beach 20: Bilbao leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Myrtle Beach 42: Bilbao leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Myrtle Beach 46: Bilbao leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Myrtle Beach 50: Bilbao leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Myrtle Beach 80: Myrtle Beach leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Myrtle Beach 18: Bilbao leads by 61 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Myrtle Beach 38: Bilbao leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Myrtle Beach 52: Myrtle Beach leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Myrtle Beach 30: Bilbao leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 33, Myrtle Beach 28: Bilbao leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bilbao and Myrtle 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.

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.

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

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. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Myrtle Beach: 1971-2000 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Myrtle Beach Air Force Base (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoMyrtle 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 m8 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoMyrtle Beach
City population351,12435,682
People per km²8,440591
Museums within 10 km172
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month6 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. 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.