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Cardiff Castle, Cardiff
CardiffCardiff Castle
The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach

Photos: Cardiff by Tevfik Teker, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Cardiff’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. Cardiff 30, Myrtle Beach 84: Myrtle Beach leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Cardiff 45, Myrtle Beach 38: Cardiff leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Cardiff 58, Myrtle Beach 20: Cardiff leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Cardiff 50, Myrtle Beach 42: Cardiff leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cardiff 70, Myrtle Beach 46: Cardiff leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Cardiff 72, Myrtle Beach 50: Cardiff leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Cardiff 58, Myrtle Beach 80: Myrtle Beach leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Cardiff 66, Myrtle Beach 18: Cardiff leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Cardiff 50, Myrtle Beach 38: Cardiff leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Cardiff 46, Myrtle Beach 52: Myrtle Beach leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cardiff 57, Myrtle Beach 30: Cardiff leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cardiff 27, Myrtle Beach 28: Myrtle Beach leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cardiff and Myrtle Beach.

Your match

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

Cardiff
Best match
52match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights 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.

Cardiff in July

20 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
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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CardiffMyrtle Beach

Where the figures come from

Cardiff 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.

Cardiff's sunshine is measured 83 km from the centre, at Lyneham.

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. Cardiff: 1991-2020 normals, Cardiff-Wales Airport (14.9 km from centre). Myrtle Beach: 1971-2000 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Myrtle Beach Air Force Base (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCardiffMyrtle Beach
Official languageEnglish-
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999911
Elevation41 m8 m
Main airportCardiff International Airport (CWL)15 km from centre30 non-stop destinationsMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCardiffMyrtle Beach
City population383,53635,682
People per km²2,734591
Museums within 10 km92
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone6 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.