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Huntington Beach Pier on a summer day, Huntington Beach
Huntington BeachHuntington Beach Pier on a summer day
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge

Photos: Huntington Beach by Stephen Leonardi, Pexels License; London by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Huntington Beach or London?

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
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose London for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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, London 25: Huntington Beach leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Huntington Beach 46, London 84: London leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Huntington Beach 14, London 94: London leads by 80 points.
Nightlife. Huntington Beach 38, London 88: London leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Huntington Beach 58, London 57: Huntington Beach leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Huntington Beach 63, London 90: London leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Huntington Beach and London are level on 82.
Getting around. Huntington Beach 20, London 85: London leads by 65 points.
Shopping & style. Huntington Beach 42, London 95: London leads by 53 points.
Affordability. Huntington Beach 28, London 15: Huntington Beach leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Huntington Beach 33, London 98: London leads by 65 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Huntington Beach 36, London 40: London leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Huntington Beach and London.

Your match

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

Huntington Beach
44match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

London
Best match
71match

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

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Huntington BeachLondon

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Huntington Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (12.3 km from centre). London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHuntington BeachLondon
Official language-English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112 or 999
Elevation12 m4 m
Main airportJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)12 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureHuntington BeachLondon
City population198,7118,799,728
People per km²2,4065,598
Museums within 10 km3216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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.