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Cocoa Beach Pier behind yellow parasols, Cocoa Beach
Cocoa BeachCocoa Beach Pier behind yellow parasols
The Limmat from Quaibrücke, Zurich
ZurichThe Limmat from Quaibrücke

Photos: Cocoa Beach by Benoît Prieur, CC0; Zurich by Daniel Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Cocoa Beach or Zurich?

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

  • prices
  • beaches

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

Choose Zurich for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Zurich’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, Zurich 45: Cocoa Beach leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Cocoa Beach 32, Zurich 53: Zurich leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Cocoa Beach 12, Zurich 58: Zurich leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Cocoa Beach 27, Zurich 62: Zurich leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cocoa Beach 62, Zurich 80: Zurich leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Cocoa Beach 52, Zurich 84: Zurich leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Cocoa Beach 72, Zurich 76: Zurich leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Cocoa Beach 22, Zurich 95: Zurich leads by 73 points.
Shopping & style. Cocoa Beach 20, Zurich 66: Zurich leads by 46 points.
Affordability. Cocoa Beach 40, Zurich 3: Cocoa Beach leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cocoa Beach 14, Zurich 70: Zurich leads by 56 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cocoa Beach 30, Zurich 58: Zurich leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cocoa Beach and Zurich.

Your match

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

Cocoa Beach
39match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Zurich
Best match
63match

Wins on getting around 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
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Zurich in July

24 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
126 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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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). Zurich: 1991-2020 normals, Zurich Town / Ville. (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCocoa BeachZurich
Official language-French, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation0 m408 m
Main airportOrlando International Airport (MCO)68 km from centre170 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)9 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureCocoa BeachZurich
City population11,354440,935
People per km²2905,016
Museums within 10 km363
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.