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Huntington Beach Pier on a summer day, Huntington Beach
Huntington BeachHuntington Beach Pier on a summer day
The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Huntington Beach by Stephen Leonardi, Pexels License; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Huntington Beach or Nairobi?

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
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Nairobi for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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, Nairobi 4: Huntington Beach leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Huntington Beach 46, Nairobi 48: Nairobi leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Huntington Beach 14, Nairobi 35: Nairobi leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Huntington Beach 38, Nairobi 58: Nairobi leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Huntington Beach 58, Nairobi 84: Nairobi leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Huntington Beach 63, Nairobi 28: Huntington Beach leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Huntington Beach 82, Nairobi 55: Huntington Beach leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Huntington Beach and Nairobi are level on 20.
Shopping & style. Huntington Beach 42, Nairobi 45: Nairobi leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Huntington Beach 28, Nairobi 60: Nairobi leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Huntington Beach 33, Nairobi 35: Nairobi leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Huntington Beach 36, Nairobi 25: Huntington Beach leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Huntington Beach and Nairobi.

Your match

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

Huntington Beach
Best match
44match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Nairobi
41match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors 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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Huntington BeachNairobi

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Huntington Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (12.3 km from centre). Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHuntington BeachNairobi
Official language-English, Swahili
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number911Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation12 m1,661 m
Main airportJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)12 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureHuntington BeachNairobi
City population198,7115,545,000
People per km²2,4067,967
Museums within 10 km34
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.