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Beira Lake with Seema Malaka and the Lotus Tower, Colombo
ColomboBeira Lake with Seema Malaka and the Lotus Tower
The wide beach and its hotels in morning light, Daytona Beach
Daytona BeachThe wide beach and its hotels in morning light

Photos: Colombo by Mohamed Ansaf, Pexels License; Daytona Beach by Han Zheng, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Colombo 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 Colombo for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Daytona Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Colombo 55, Daytona Beach 80: Daytona Beach leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Colombo 66, Daytona Beach 36: Colombo leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Colombo 45, Daytona Beach 30: Colombo leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Colombo 35, Daytona Beach 40: Daytona Beach leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Colombo 32, Daytona Beach 56: Daytona Beach leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Colombo 50, Daytona Beach 66: Daytona Beach leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Colombo 35, Daytona Beach 60: Daytona Beach leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Colombo 35, Daytona Beach 18: Colombo leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Colombo 45, Daytona Beach 27: Colombo leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Colombo 78, Daytona Beach 46: Colombo leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Colombo and Daytona Beach are level on 30.
Wellness & relaxation. Colombo 48, Daytona Beach 30: Colombo leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Colombo and Daytona Beach.

Your match

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

Colombo
Best match
46match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Daytona Beach
43match

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.

Colombo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
128 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytona Beach in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
153 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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ColomboDaytona Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Colombo: 1991-2020 normals, Colombo (3 km from centre). Daytona Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Daytona Beach / Mansfield Mobile Home Park (4.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureColomboDaytona Beach
Official languageTamil, Sinhala-
CurrencySri Lanka Rupee (LKR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsGM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 119, ambulance 110, fire 110911
Elevation1 m4 m
Main airportBandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)28 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsDaytona Beach International Airport (DAB)5 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureColomboDaytona Beach
City population647,55772,647
People per km²17,361440
Museums within 10 km106
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months9 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.