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Huntington Beach Pier on a summer day, Huntington Beach
Huntington BeachHuntington Beach Pier on a summer day
Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade

Photos: Huntington Beach by Stephen Leonardi, Pexels License; Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License.

Huntington Beach or Izmir?

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 Huntington Beach for

  • families
  • beaches

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

Choose Izmir for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Izmir’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. Huntington Beach 70, Izmir 62: Huntington Beach leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Huntington Beach 46, Izmir 72: Izmir leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Huntington Beach 14, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Huntington Beach 38, Izmir 60: Izmir leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Huntington Beach 58, Izmir 66: Izmir leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Huntington Beach 63, Izmir 86: Izmir leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Huntington Beach 82, Izmir 55: Huntington Beach leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Huntington Beach 20, Izmir 63: Izmir leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Huntington Beach 42, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Huntington Beach 28, Izmir 66: Izmir leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Huntington Beach 33, Izmir 48: Izmir leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Huntington Beach 36, Izmir 57: Izmir leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Huntington Beach and Izmir.

Your match

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

Huntington Beach
44match

Wins on families and beaches with your weighting.

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Huntington Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Huntington BeachIzmir

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Huntington Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (12.3 km from centre). Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHuntington BeachIzmir
Official language-Turkish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number911112
Elevation12 m2 m
Main airportJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)12 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHuntington BeachIzmir
City population198,7114,493,242
People per km²2,4064,760
Museums within 10 km329
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 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. 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.