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Cocoa Beach Pier behind yellow parasols, Cocoa Beach
Cocoa BeachCocoa Beach Pier behind yellow parasols
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Cocoa Beach by Benoît Prieur, CC0; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cocoa Beach or Quebec City?

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 Cocoa Beach for

  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Quebec City for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Quebec City’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. Cocoa Beach 80, Quebec City 18: Cocoa Beach leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Cocoa Beach 32, Quebec City 57: Quebec City leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Cocoa Beach 12, Quebec City 70: Quebec City leads by 58 points.
Nightlife. Cocoa Beach 27, Quebec City 42: Quebec City leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cocoa Beach 62, Quebec City 79: Quebec City leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Cocoa Beach 52, Quebec City 58: Quebec City leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Cocoa Beach 72, Quebec City 64: Cocoa Beach leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Cocoa Beach 22, Quebec City 50: Quebec City leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Cocoa Beach 20, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Cocoa Beach 40, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cocoa Beach 14, Quebec City 52: Quebec City leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cocoa Beach 30, Quebec City 55: Quebec City leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cocoa Beach and Quebec City.

Your match

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

Cocoa Beach
39match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Quebec City
Best match
53match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cocoa Beach in July

30 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
147 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Quebec City in July

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Cocoa BeachQuebec City

Where the figures come from

Cocoa 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. Cocoa Beach: 1961-1990 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Cocoa / Patrick Air Force Base (11.2 km from centre). Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCocoa BeachQuebec City
Official language-French, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation0 m98 m
Main airportOrlando International Airport (MCO)68 km from centre170 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureCocoa BeachQuebec City
City population11,354574,482
People per km²2901,184
Museums within 10 km316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C11 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.