Photos: Durban by Ossewa, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Huntington Beach by Stephen Leonardi, Pexels License.
Durban or Huntington Beach?
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 Durban for
- prices
- culture and sights
- food and drink
What lies behind each score is written up on Durban’s own page.
Choose Huntington Beach for
- day trips
- families
- wellness
What lies behind each score is written up on Huntington Beach’s own page.
Scoreboard
Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Durban and Huntington Beach.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.
Wins on day trips and families with your weighting.
What matters to you?
When should you go?
Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.
Durban in July
Huntington Beach in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Durban: 1991-2020 normals, Durban, Durban International Airport (14.1 km from centre). Huntington Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (12.3 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Durban | Huntington Beach |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | English, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign Language | - |
| Currency | Rand (ZAR) | US Dollar (USD) |
| Sockets | CMN230 V, 50 Hz | AB120 V, 60 Hz |
| Driving side | Left | Right |
| Time zone | UTC+2 | UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer |
| Emergency number | 112 | 911 |
| Elevation | 22 m | 12 m |
| Main airport | King Shaka International Airport (DUR)29 km from centre13 non-stop destinations | John Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)12 km from centre53 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 13 days | 13 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Durban | Huntington Beach |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 595,061 | 198,711 |
| People per km² | 2,634 | 2,406 |
| Museums within 10 km | 1 | 3 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 1 | 0 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | 12 months | None |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Durban or Huntington Beach somewhere new.