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Cocoa Beach Pier behind yellow parasols, Cocoa Beach
Cocoa BeachCocoa Beach Pier behind yellow parasols
The boardwalk at Delaware Avenue, Rehoboth Beach
Rehoboth BeachThe boardwalk at Delaware Avenue

Photos: Cocoa Beach by Benoît Prieur, CC0; Rehoboth Beach by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cocoa Beach or Rehoboth 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 Cocoa Beach for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Rehoboth Beach for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Rehoboth 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. Cocoa Beach 80, Rehoboth Beach 70: Cocoa Beach leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Cocoa Beach 32, Rehoboth Beach 44: Rehoboth Beach leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Cocoa Beach 12, Rehoboth Beach 14: Rehoboth Beach leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Cocoa Beach 27, Rehoboth Beach 40: Rehoboth Beach leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cocoa Beach 62, Rehoboth Beach 50: Cocoa Beach leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Cocoa Beach 52, Rehoboth Beach 50: Cocoa Beach leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Cocoa Beach 72, Rehoboth Beach 70: Cocoa Beach leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Cocoa Beach 22, Rehoboth Beach 50: Rehoboth Beach leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Cocoa Beach 20, Rehoboth Beach 45: Rehoboth Beach leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Cocoa Beach 40, Rehoboth Beach 32: Cocoa Beach leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cocoa Beach 14, Rehoboth Beach 28: Rehoboth Beach leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cocoa Beach 30, Rehoboth Beach 32: Rehoboth Beach leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cocoa Beach and Rehoboth Beach.

Your match

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

Cocoa Beach
39match

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

Rehoboth Beach
Best match
44match

Wins on getting around and shopping 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

Rehoboth Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
92 mmrain in the month
23 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Cocoa BeachRehoboth Beach

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.

Rehoboth 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). Rehoboth Beach: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Georgetown / Rogers Development (24.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCocoa BeachRehoboth Beach
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation0 m5 m
Main airportOrlando International Airport (MCO)68 km from centre170 non-stop destinationsSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)56 km from centre4 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCocoa BeachRehoboth Beach
City population11,3541,108
People per km²290258
Museums within 10 km32
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C11 months3 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.