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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
Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown

Photos: Daytona Beach by Han Zheng, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Daytona Beach or Portland?

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
  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Portland for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Portland’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, Portland 20: Daytona Beach leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Daytona Beach 36, Portland 68: Portland leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Daytona Beach 30, Portland 38: Portland leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Daytona Beach 40, Portland 52: Portland leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Daytona Beach 56, Portland 84: Portland leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Daytona Beach 66, Portland 58: Daytona Beach leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Daytona Beach 60, Portland 55: Daytona Beach leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Daytona Beach 18, Portland 62: Portland leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Daytona Beach 27, Portland 52: Portland leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Daytona Beach 46, Portland 38: Daytona Beach leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Daytona Beach 30, Portland 55: Portland leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Daytona Beach 30, Portland 42: Portland leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Daytona Beach and Portland.

Your match

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

Daytona Beach
43match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Portland
Best match
52match

Wins on getting around and food and drink 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
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Daytona BeachPortland

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). Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDaytona BeachPortland
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation4 m152 m
Main airportDaytona Beach International Airport (DAB)5 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureDaytona BeachPortland
City population72,647652,503
People per km²4401,736
Museums within 10 km617
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.