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The wide beach and its hotels in morning light, Daytona Beach
Daytona BeachThe wide beach and its hotels in morning light
The skyline over the Schuylkill, Philadelphia
PhiladelphiaThe skyline over the Schuylkill

Photos: Daytona Beach by Han Zheng, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Philadelphia by Trev W. Adams, Pexels License.

Daytona Beach or Philadelphia?

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 Daytona Beach for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Philadelphia for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Philadelphia’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. Daytona Beach 80, Philadelphia 36: Daytona Beach leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Daytona Beach 36, Philadelphia 62: Philadelphia leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Daytona Beach 30, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Daytona Beach 40, Philadelphia 55: Philadelphia leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Daytona Beach 56, Philadelphia 52: Daytona Beach leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Daytona Beach 66, Philadelphia 80: Philadelphia leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Daytona Beach 60, Philadelphia 68: Philadelphia leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Daytona Beach 18, Philadelphia 66: Philadelphia leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Daytona Beach 27, Philadelphia 57: Philadelphia leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Daytona Beach 46, Philadelphia 40: Daytona Beach leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Daytona Beach 30, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Daytona Beach 30, Philadelphia 26: Daytona Beach leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Daytona Beach and Philadelphia.

Your match

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

Daytona Beach
43match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Philadelphia
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Philadelphia in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Daytona BeachPhiladelphia

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Daytona Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Daytona Beach / Mansfield Mobile Home Park (4.9 km from centre). Philadelphia: 1991-2020 normals, Philadelphia International Airport (11.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDaytona BeachPhiladelphia
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
Elevation4 m12 m
Main airportDaytona Beach International Airport (DAB)5 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsPhiladelphia International Airport (PHL)11 km from centre129 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureDaytona BeachPhiladelphia
City population72,6471,603,797
People per km²4404,339
Museums within 10 km654
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 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.