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White sand and parasols on the beach, Destin
DestinWhite sand and parasols on the beach
A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street

Photos: Destin by #KenFL74, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License.

Destin or Lisbon?

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
  • families

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

Choose Lisbon for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Lisbon’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, Lisbon 50: Destin leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Destin 42, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Destin 14, Lisbon 78: Lisbon leads by 64 points.
Nightlife. Destin 36, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 39 points.
Nature & outdoors. Destin 56, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Destin 44, Lisbon 82: Lisbon leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Destin 72, Lisbon 62: Destin leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Destin 20, Lisbon 66: Lisbon leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Destin 40, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Destin 34, Lisbon 55: Lisbon leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Destin 20, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Destin 33, Lisbon 36: Lisbon leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Destin and Lisbon.

Your match

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

Destin
41match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Lisbon
Best match
65match

Wins on culture and sights 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
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Destin: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Destin (0.8 km from centre). Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDestinLisbon
Official language-Portuguese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation8 m100 m
Main airportDestin-Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS)11 km from centre45 non-stop destinationsLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDestinLisbon
City population13,931545,796
People per km²6365,453
Museums within 10 km180
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 monthsNone

Where else could you go?

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.