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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 old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds

Photos: Daytona Beach by Han Zheng, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Daytona Beach or Sapporo?

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

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

Choose Sapporo for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Sapporo’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, Sapporo 28: Daytona Beach leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Daytona Beach 36, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Daytona Beach 30, Sapporo 40: Sapporo leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Daytona Beach 40, Sapporo 62: Sapporo leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Daytona Beach 56, Sapporo 86: Sapporo leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Daytona Beach 66, Sapporo 64: Daytona Beach leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Daytona Beach 60, Sapporo 72: Sapporo leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Daytona Beach 18, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 62 points.
Shopping & style. Daytona Beach 27, Sapporo 58: Sapporo leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Daytona Beach 46, Sapporo 60: Sapporo leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Daytona Beach 30, Sapporo 44: Sapporo leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Daytona Beach 30, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 50 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Daytona Beach and Sapporo.

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.

Sapporo
Best match
63match

Wins on getting around and wellness 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

Sapporo in July

25 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Daytona BeachSapporo

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). Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDaytona BeachSapporo
Official language-Japanese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation4 m5 m
Main airportDaytona Beach International Airport (DAB)5 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureDaytona BeachSapporo
City population72,6471,959,313
People per km²4401,747
Museums within 10 km633
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 months1 month

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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.