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Huntington Beach Pier on a summer day, Huntington Beach
Huntington BeachHuntington Beach Pier on a summer day
The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat
MuscatThe Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque

Photos: Huntington Beach by Stephen Leonardi, Pexels License; Muscat by Alli Khalil, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Huntington Beach or Muscat?

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
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Muscat for

  • culture and sights
  • wellness
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Muscat’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, Muscat 72: Muscat leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Huntington Beach 46, Muscat 44: Huntington Beach leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Huntington Beach 14, Muscat 55: Muscat leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Huntington Beach 38, Muscat 14: Huntington Beach leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Huntington Beach 58, Muscat 70: Muscat leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Huntington Beach 63, Muscat 62: Huntington Beach leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Huntington Beach 82, Muscat 52: Huntington Beach leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Huntington Beach and Muscat are level on 20.
Shopping & style. Huntington Beach and Muscat are level on 42.
Affordability. Huntington Beach 28, Muscat 45: Muscat leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Huntington Beach 33, Muscat 40: Muscat leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Huntington Beach 36, Muscat 55: Muscat leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Huntington Beach and Muscat.

Your match

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

Huntington Beach
44match

Wins on families and nightlife with your weighting.

Muscat
Best match
48match

Wins on culture and sights and wellness 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

Muscat in July

33 °Cdaytime high
30 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
31 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Muscat's sunshine is measured 32 km from the centre, at Seeb, International Airport.

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

Before you go

MeasureHuntington BeachMuscat
Official language-Arabic
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Rial Omani (OMR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+4
Emergency number911968
Elevation12 m69 m
Main airportJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)12 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsMuscat International Airport (MCT)31 km from centre83 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureHuntington BeachMuscat
City population198,7111,421,409
People per km²2,406406
Museums within 10 km310
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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.