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The Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza, Calgary
CalgaryThe Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza
The wide beach and its hotels in morning light, Daytona Beach
Daytona BeachThe wide beach and its hotels in morning light

Photos: Calgary by abdallahh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Daytona Beach by Han Zheng, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Calgary 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 Calgary for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Daytona Beach for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • 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. Calgary 8, Daytona Beach 80: Daytona Beach leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Calgary 45, Daytona Beach 36: Calgary leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Calgary 35, Daytona Beach 30: Calgary leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Calgary and Daytona Beach are level on 40.
Nature & outdoors. Calgary 88, Daytona Beach 56: Calgary leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Calgary 55, Daytona Beach 66: Daytona Beach leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Calgary 68, Daytona Beach 60: Calgary leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Calgary 42, Daytona Beach 18: Calgary leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Calgary 42, Daytona Beach 27: Calgary leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Calgary 42, Daytona Beach 46: Daytona Beach leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Calgary 46, Daytona Beach 30: Calgary leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Calgary 42, Daytona Beach 30: Calgary leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Calgary and Daytona Beach.

Your match

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

Calgary
Best match
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Daytona Beach
43match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Calgary in July

25 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytona Beach in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CalgaryDaytona Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Calgary: 1991-2020 normals, Calgary Int'l CS (8.2 km from centre). Daytona Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Daytona Beach / Mansfield Mobile Home Park (4.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCalgaryDaytona Beach
Official languageFrench, English-
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation1,045 m4 m
Main airportCalgary International Airport (YYC)9 km from centre102 non-stop destinationsDaytona Beach International Airport (DAB)5 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCalgaryDaytona Beach
City population1,306,78472,647
People per km²1,583440
Museums within 10 km136
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-9 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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.