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The Outback, with the Tenmile Range in the distance, Keystone
KeystoneThe Outback, with the Tenmile Range in the distance
The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach

Photos: Keystone by Rudi Riet, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Keystone or Myrtle Beach?

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 Keystone for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Myrtle Beach for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Myrtle Beach’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. Keystone 5, Myrtle Beach 84: Myrtle Beach leads by 79 points.
Food & drink. Keystone 27, Myrtle Beach 38: Myrtle Beach leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Keystone 7, Myrtle Beach 20: Myrtle Beach leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Keystone 12, Myrtle Beach 42: Myrtle Beach leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Keystone 93, Myrtle Beach 46: Keystone leads by 47 points.
Day trips. Keystone 55, Myrtle Beach 50: Keystone leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Keystone 66, Myrtle Beach 80: Myrtle Beach leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Keystone 50, Myrtle Beach 18: Keystone leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Keystone 22, Myrtle Beach 38: Myrtle Beach leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Keystone 12, Myrtle Beach 52: Myrtle Beach leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Keystone 22, Myrtle Beach 30: Myrtle Beach leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Keystone 32, Myrtle Beach 28: Keystone leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Keystone and Myrtle Beach.

Your match

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

Keystone
34match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Myrtle Beach
Best match
44match

Wins on beaches 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.

Keystone in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Myrtle Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
172 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KeystoneMyrtle Beach

Where the figures come from

Keystone's temperatures are measured 51 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Keystone's station stands 232 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Keystone has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Myrtle Beach has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Keystone: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (50.8 km from centre). Myrtle Beach: 1971-2000 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Myrtle Beach Air Force Base (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKeystoneMyrtle Beach
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation2,796 m8 m
Main airportDenver International Airport (DEN)116 km from centre231 non-stop destinationsMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureKeystoneMyrtle Beach
City population1,36935,682
People per km²13591
Museums within 10 km02
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 months

Where else could you go?

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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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.