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Rocks and beach in Tangolunda Bay, Huatulco
HuatulcoRocks and beach in Tangolunda Bay
The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach

Photos: Huatulco by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Huatulco or Myrtle 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 Huatulco for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • getting around

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

Choose Myrtle Beach for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Myrtle Beach’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. Huatulco 86, Myrtle Beach 84: Huatulco leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Huatulco 44, Myrtle Beach 38: Huatulco leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Huatulco 15, Myrtle Beach 20: Myrtle Beach leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Huatulco 24, Myrtle Beach 42: Myrtle Beach leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Huatulco 76, Myrtle Beach 46: Huatulco leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Huatulco 40, Myrtle Beach 50: Myrtle Beach leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Huatulco 56, Myrtle Beach 80: Myrtle Beach leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Huatulco 33, Myrtle Beach 18: Huatulco leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Huatulco 20, Myrtle Beach 38: Myrtle Beach leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Huatulco 62, Myrtle Beach 52: Huatulco leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Huatulco 9, Myrtle Beach 30: Myrtle Beach leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Huatulco 52, Myrtle Beach 28: Huatulco leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Huatulco and Myrtle Beach.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Huatulco
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

Myrtle Beach
44match

Wins on families 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.

Huatulco in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
156 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Myrtle Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
172 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Huatulco's temperatures are measured 42 km from the centre, at Puerto Angel, Oax..

Huatulco's station stands 177 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Huatulco 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.

Myrtle Beach 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. Huatulco: 1991-2020 normals, Puerto Angel, Oax. (42.2 km from centre). Myrtle Beach: 1971-2000 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Myrtle Beach Air Force Base (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHuatulcoMyrtle Beach
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya-
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation220 m8 m
Main airportBahías de Huatulco International Airport (HUX)15 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHuatulcoMyrtle Beach
City population7,40935,682
People per km²-591
Museums within 10 km02
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 months

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. 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.