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Huntington Beach Pier on a summer day, Huntington Beach
Huntington BeachHuntington Beach Pier on a summer day
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

Photos: Huntington Beach by Stephen Leonardi, Pexels License; Vancouver by Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Huntington Beach or Vancouver?

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 Vancouver for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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, Vancouver 42: Huntington Beach leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Huntington Beach 46, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Huntington Beach 14, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Huntington Beach 38, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Huntington Beach 58, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Huntington Beach 63, Vancouver 45: Huntington Beach leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Huntington Beach 82, Vancouver 72: Huntington Beach leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Huntington Beach 20, Vancouver 73: Vancouver leads by 53 points.
Shopping & style. Huntington Beach 42, Vancouver 55: Vancouver leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Huntington Beach 28, Vancouver 27: Huntington Beach leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Huntington Beach 33, Vancouver 52: Vancouver leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Huntington Beach 36, Vancouver 50: Vancouver leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Huntington Beach and Vancouver.

Your match

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

Huntington Beach
44match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Vancouver
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around 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

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Huntington BeachVancouver

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Huntington Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (12.3 km from centre). Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHuntington BeachVancouver
Official language-French, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation12 m2 m
Main airportJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)12 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHuntington BeachVancouver
City population198,711662,248
People per km²2,4065,759
Museums within 10 km326
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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.