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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 British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

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

Daytona Beach or Victoria?

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 Victoria for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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, Victoria 28: Daytona Beach leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Daytona Beach 36, Victoria 50: Victoria leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Daytona Beach 30, Victoria 42: Victoria leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Daytona Beach 40, Victoria 30: Daytona Beach leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Daytona Beach 56, Victoria 77: Victoria leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Daytona Beach 66, Victoria 54: Daytona Beach leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Daytona Beach 60, Victoria 62: Victoria leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Daytona Beach 18, Victoria 60: Victoria leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Daytona Beach 27, Victoria 40: Victoria leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Daytona Beach 46, Victoria 34: Daytona Beach leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Daytona Beach 30, Victoria 40: Victoria leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Daytona Beach 30, Victoria 48: Victoria leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Daytona Beach and Victoria.

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.

Victoria
Best match
47match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors 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

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

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). Victoria: 1991-2020 normals, Victoria Gonzales CS (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDaytona BeachVictoria
Official language-French, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation4 m23 m
Main airportDaytona Beach International Airport (DAB)5 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDaytona BeachVictoria
City population72,64791,867
People per km²4404,711
Museums within 10 km66
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.