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Huntington Beach Pier on a summer day, Huntington Beach
Huntington BeachHuntington Beach Pier on a summer day
The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
MacauThe Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline

Photos: Huntington Beach by Stephen Leonardi, Pexels License; Macau by tian Jin, Pexels License.

Huntington Beach or Macau?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Macau for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Macau’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, Macau 24: Huntington Beach leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Huntington Beach 46, Macau 77: Macau leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Huntington Beach 14, Macau 62: Macau leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Huntington Beach 38, Macau 40: Macau leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Huntington Beach 58, Macau 5: Huntington Beach leads by 53 points.
Day trips. Huntington Beach 63, Macau 52: Huntington Beach leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Huntington Beach 82, Macau 48: Huntington Beach leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Huntington Beach 20, Macau 60: Macau leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Huntington Beach 42, Macau 58: Macau leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Huntington Beach 28, Macau 44: Macau leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Huntington Beach 33, Macau 36: Macau leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Huntington Beach 36, Macau 40: Macau 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 Macau.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Huntington Beach
44match

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

Macau
46match

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

Macau in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
281 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Huntington BeachMacau

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Huntington Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (12.3 km from centre). Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHuntington BeachMacau
Official language-Portuguese, Cantonese, Standard Chinese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Pataca (MOP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzFGM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911999
Elevation12 m22 m
Main airportJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)12 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureHuntington BeachMacau
City population198,711682,100
People per km²2,4065,916
Museums within 10 km328
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone8 months

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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.