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The Atomium, Brussels
BrusselsThe Atomium
The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach

Photos: Brussels by Ettanghe, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Brussels 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 Brussels for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Brussels’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. Brussels 18, Myrtle Beach 84: Myrtle Beach leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Brussels 72, Myrtle Beach 38: Brussels leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Brussels 74, Myrtle Beach 20: Brussels leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Brussels 60, Myrtle Beach 42: Brussels leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brussels 45, Myrtle Beach 46: Myrtle Beach leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Brussels 89, Myrtle Beach 50: Brussels leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Brussels 60, Myrtle Beach 80: Myrtle Beach leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Brussels 72, Myrtle Beach 18: Brussels leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Brussels 62, Myrtle Beach 38: Brussels leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Brussels 40, Myrtle Beach 52: Myrtle Beach leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brussels 68, Myrtle Beach 30: Brussels leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brussels 33, Myrtle Beach 28: Brussels leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brussels and Myrtle Beach.

Your match

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

Brussels
Best match
58match

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.

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

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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BrusselsMyrtle 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. Brussels: 1991-2020 normals, Uccle (5.2 km from centre). Myrtle Beach: 1971-2000 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Myrtle Beach Air Force Base (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrusselsMyrtle 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 m8 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)11 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrusselsMyrtle Beach
City population195,54635,682
People per km²5,908591
Museums within 10 km1062
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km100
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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. 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.