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Huntington Beach Pier on a summer day, Huntington Beach
Huntington BeachHuntington Beach Pier on a summer day
A madrasa and its minarets on the Registan, Samarkand
SamarkandA madrasa and its minarets on the Registan

Photos: Huntington Beach by Stephen Leonardi, Pexels License; Samarkand by Yaşar Başkurt, Pexels License.

Huntington Beach or Samarkand?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Samarkand for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Samarkand’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, Samarkand 4: Huntington Beach leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Huntington Beach 46, Samarkand 54: Samarkand leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Huntington Beach 14, Samarkand 84: Samarkand leads by 70 points.
Nightlife. Huntington Beach 38, Samarkand 14: Huntington Beach leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Huntington Beach 58, Samarkand 40: Huntington Beach leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Huntington Beach 63, Samarkand 72: Samarkand leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Huntington Beach 82, Samarkand 30: Huntington Beach leads by 52 points.
Getting around. Huntington Beach 20, Samarkand 58: Samarkand leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Huntington Beach and Samarkand are level on 42.
Affordability. Huntington Beach 28, Samarkand 80: Samarkand leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Huntington Beach 33, Samarkand 24: Huntington Beach leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Huntington Beach 36, Samarkand 32: Huntington Beach 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 Samarkand.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Huntington Beach
44match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Samarkand
45match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Samarkand in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Huntington BeachSamarkand

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Huntington Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (12.3 km from centre). Samarkand: 1991-2020 normals, Samarkand (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHuntington BeachSamarkand
Official language-Uzbek
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Uzbekistan Sum (UZS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+5
Emergency number911112
Elevation12 m702 m
Main airportJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)12 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsSamarkand International Airport (SKD)5 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureHuntington BeachSamarkand
City population198,711546,303
People per km²2,4065,058
Museums within 10 km311
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.