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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
Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city

Photos: Daytona Beach by Han Zheng, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Daytona Beach or Scottsdale?

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 Scottsdale for

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Scottsdale’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, Scottsdale 8: Daytona Beach leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Daytona Beach 36, Scottsdale 46: Scottsdale leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Daytona Beach 30, Scottsdale 38: Scottsdale leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Daytona Beach 40, Scottsdale 52: Scottsdale leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Daytona Beach 56, Scottsdale 68: Scottsdale leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Daytona Beach 66, Scottsdale 50: Daytona Beach leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Daytona Beach and Scottsdale are level on 60.
Getting around. Daytona Beach 18, Scottsdale 20: Scottsdale leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Daytona Beach 27, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Daytona Beach 46, Scottsdale 32: Daytona Beach leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Daytona Beach 30, Scottsdale 40: Scottsdale leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Daytona Beach 30, Scottsdale 72: Scottsdale leads by 42 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Daytona Beach and Scottsdale.

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.

Scottsdale
Best match
46match

Wins on wellness and shopping 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

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Daytona BeachScottsdale

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). Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDaytona BeachScottsdale
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number911911
Elevation4 m380 m
Main airportDaytona Beach International Airport (DAB)5 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre149 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureDaytona BeachScottsdale
City population72,647241,361
People per km²440-
Museums within 10 km610
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.