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Huntington Beach Pier on a summer day, Huntington Beach
Huntington BeachHuntington Beach Pier on a summer day
The Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky, Xi'an
Xi'anThe Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky

Photos: Huntington Beach by Stephen Leonardi, Pexels License; Xi'an by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Huntington Beach or Xi'an?

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

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

Choose Xi'an for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Xi'an’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, Xi'an 4: Huntington Beach leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Huntington Beach 46, Xi'an 70: Xi'an leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Huntington Beach 14, Xi'an 81: Xi'an leads by 67 points.
Nightlife. Huntington Beach 38, Xi'an 42: Xi'an leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Huntington Beach 58, Xi'an 62: Xi'an leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Huntington Beach 63, Xi'an 80: Xi'an leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Huntington Beach 82, Xi'an 48: Huntington Beach leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Huntington Beach 20, Xi'an 66: Xi'an leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Huntington Beach 42, Xi'an 50: Xi'an leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Huntington Beach 28, Xi'an 80: Xi'an leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Huntington Beach 33, Xi'an 40: Xi'an leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Huntington Beach 36, Xi'an 40: Xi'an 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 Xi'an.

Your match

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

Huntington Beach
44match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Xi'an
Best match
55match

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

Xi'an in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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

Before you go

MeasureHuntington BeachXi'an
Official language-Putonghua
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation12 m405 m
Main airportJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)12 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsXi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY)26 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureHuntington BeachXi'an
City population198,71112,952,907
People per km²2,4061,283
Museums within 10 km39
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.