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The Massachusetts State House, Boston
BostonThe Massachusetts State House
The wide beach and its hotels in morning light, Daytona Beach
Daytona BeachThe wide beach and its hotels in morning light

Photos: Boston by Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Daytona Beach by Han Zheng, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Boston 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 Boston for

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

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

Choose Daytona Beach for

  • beaches
  • 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. Boston 35, Daytona Beach 80: Daytona Beach leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Boston 64, Daytona Beach 36: Boston leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Boston 72, Daytona Beach 30: Boston leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Boston 47, Daytona Beach 40: Boston leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boston 60, Daytona Beach 56: Boston leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Boston 72, Daytona Beach 66: Boston leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Boston 72, Daytona Beach 60: Boston leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Boston 70, Daytona Beach 18: Boston leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Boston 55, Daytona Beach 27: Boston leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Boston 18, Daytona Beach 46: Daytona Beach leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boston 72, Daytona Beach 30: Boston leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boston and Daytona Beach are level on 30.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Boston and Daytona Beach.

Your match

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

Boston
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Daytona Beach
43match

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.

Boston in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
18 °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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BostonDaytona Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Boston: 1991-2020 normals, Boston Logan International (3.5 km from centre). Daytona Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Daytona Beach / Mansfield Mobile Home Park (4.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBostonDaytona Beach
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation43 m4 m
Main airportBoston Logan International Airport (BOS)4 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsDaytona Beach International Airport (DAB)5 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBostonDaytona Beach
City population675,64772,647
People per km²2,910440
Museums within 10 km516
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone9 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). 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. 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.