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The Atomium, Brussels
BrusselsThe Atomium
The wide beach and its hotels in morning light, Daytona Beach
Daytona BeachThe wide beach and its hotels in morning light

Photos: Brussels by Ettanghe, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Daytona Beach by Han Zheng, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Brussels 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 Brussels for

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

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

Choose Daytona Beach for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Brussels 18, Daytona Beach 80: Daytona Beach leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Brussels 72, Daytona Beach 36: Brussels leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Brussels 74, Daytona Beach 30: Brussels leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Brussels 60, Daytona Beach 40: Brussels leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brussels 45, Daytona Beach 56: Daytona Beach leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Brussels 89, Daytona Beach 66: Brussels leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Brussels and Daytona Beach are level on 60.
Getting around. Brussels 72, Daytona Beach 18: Brussels leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Brussels 62, Daytona Beach 27: Brussels leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Brussels 40, Daytona Beach 46: Daytona Beach leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brussels 68, Daytona Beach 30: Brussels leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brussels 33, Daytona Beach 30: Brussels leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brussels and Daytona Beach.

Your match

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

Brussels
Best match
58match

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

Daytona Beach
43match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Brussels in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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BrusselsDaytona Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brussels: 1991-2020 normals, Uccle (5.2 km from centre). Daytona Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Daytona Beach / Mansfield Mobile Home Park (4.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrusselsDaytona Beach
Official languageFrench, German, Dutch-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation70 m4 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)11 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsDaytona Beach International Airport (DAB)5 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrusselsDaytona Beach
City population195,54672,647
People per km²5,908440
Museums within 10 km1066
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km100
Swim season, months above 21 °C-9 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.