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Huntington Beach Pier on a summer day, Huntington Beach
Huntington BeachHuntington Beach Pier on a summer day
A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street

Photos: Huntington Beach by Stephen Leonardi, Pexels License; Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License.

Huntington Beach 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 Huntington Beach for

  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Lisbon for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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. Huntington Beach 70, Lisbon 50: Huntington Beach leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Huntington Beach 46, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Huntington Beach 14, Lisbon 78: Lisbon leads by 64 points.
Nightlife. Huntington Beach 38, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Huntington Beach 58, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Huntington Beach 63, Lisbon 82: Lisbon leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Huntington Beach 82, Lisbon 62: Huntington Beach leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Huntington Beach 20, Lisbon 66: Lisbon leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Huntington Beach 42, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Huntington Beach 28, Lisbon 55: Lisbon leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Huntington Beach 33, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Huntington Beach and Lisbon are level on 36.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Huntington Beach and Lisbon.

Your match

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

Huntington Beach
44match

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.

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

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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Huntington BeachLisbon

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Huntington Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (12.3 km from centre). Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHuntington BeachLisbon
Official language-Portuguese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation12 m100 m
Main airportJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)12 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHuntington BeachLisbon
City population198,711545,796
People per km²2,4065,453
Museums within 10 km380
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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.