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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
Painted colonial houses in the Pelourinho, Salvador
SalvadorPainted colonial houses in the Pelourinho

Photos: Daytona Beach by Han Zheng, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Salvador by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Daytona Beach or Salvador?

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

  • families
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Salvador for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Salvador’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, Salvador 84: Salvador leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Daytona Beach 36, Salvador 66: Salvador leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Daytona Beach 30, Salvador 74: Salvador leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Daytona Beach 40, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Daytona Beach 56, Salvador 52: Daytona Beach leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Daytona Beach 66, Salvador 56: Daytona Beach leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Daytona Beach 60, Salvador 42: Daytona Beach leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Daytona Beach 18, Salvador 42: Salvador leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Daytona Beach 27, Salvador 42: Salvador leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Daytona Beach 46, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Daytona Beach 30, Salvador 63: Salvador leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Daytona Beach 30, Salvador 32: Salvador leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Daytona Beach and Salvador.

Your match

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

Daytona Beach
43match

Wins on families and day trips with your weighting.

Salvador
Best match
58match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

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

Salvador in July

27 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
201 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Daytona BeachSalvador

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). Salvador: 1991-2020 normals, Salvador (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDaytona BeachSalvador
Official language-Portuguese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation4 m8 m
Main airportDaytona Beach International Airport (DAB)5 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA)20 km from centre31 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDaytona BeachSalvador
City population72,6472,417,678
People per km²4403,489
Museums within 10 km649
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 months12 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.