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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 Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70

Photos: Daytona Beach by Han Zheng, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

Daytona Beach or Seattle?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Seattle for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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, Seattle 30: Daytona Beach leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Daytona Beach 36, Seattle 66: Seattle leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Daytona Beach 30, Seattle 50: Seattle leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Daytona Beach 40, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Daytona Beach 56, Seattle 87: Seattle leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Daytona Beach 66, Seattle 55: Daytona Beach leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Daytona Beach 60, Seattle 64: Seattle leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Daytona Beach 18, Seattle 60: Seattle leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Daytona Beach 27, Seattle 52: Seattle leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Daytona Beach 46, Seattle 22: Daytona Beach leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Daytona Beach 30, Seattle 70: Seattle leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Daytona Beach 30, Seattle 40: Seattle leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Daytona Beach and Seattle.

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.

Seattle
Best match
54match

Wins on getting around 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
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Daytona BeachSeattle

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). Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDaytona BeachSeattle
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 m40 m
Main airportDaytona Beach International Airport (DAB)5 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDaytona BeachSeattle
City population72,647737,015
People per km²4401,996
Museums within 10 km627
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 monthsNone

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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.