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White sand and parasols on the beach, Destin
DestinWhite sand and parasols on the beach
The Outback, with the Tenmile Range in the distance, Keystone
KeystoneThe Outback, with the Tenmile Range in the distance

Photos: Destin by #KenFL74, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Keystone by Rudi Riet, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Destin or Keystone?

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 Destin for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Keystone for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Keystone’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. Destin 86, Keystone 5: Destin leads by 81 points.
Food & drink. Destin 42, Keystone 27: Destin leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Destin 14, Keystone 7: Destin leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Destin 36, Keystone 12: Destin leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Destin 56, Keystone 93: Keystone leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Destin 44, Keystone 55: Keystone leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Destin 72, Keystone 66: Destin leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Destin 20, Keystone 50: Keystone leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Destin 40, Keystone 22: Destin leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Destin 34, Keystone 12: Destin leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Destin 20, Keystone 22: Keystone leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Destin 33, Keystone 32: Destin leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Destin and Keystone.

Your match

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

Destin
Best match
41match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Keystone
34match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Destin in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Keystone in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Destin has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Keystone's temperatures are measured 51 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Keystone's station stands 232 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Keystone has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Destin: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Destin (0.8 km from centre). Keystone: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (50.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDestinKeystone
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation8 m2,796 m
Main airportDestin-Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS)11 km from centre45 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)116 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureDestinKeystone
City population13,9311,369
People per km²63613
Museums within 10 km10
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 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.