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Main Beach with its palms and lifeguard tower, Laguna Beach
Laguna BeachMain Beach with its palms and lifeguard tower
The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo

Photos: Laguna Beach by Mark Stebnicki, Pexels License; Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Laguna Beach or Monaco?

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 Laguna Beach for

  • prices
  • families
  • beaches

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

Choose Monaco for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Monaco’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. Laguna Beach 72, Monaco 68: Laguna Beach leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Laguna Beach 40, Monaco 57: Monaco leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Laguna Beach 27, Monaco 55: Monaco leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Laguna Beach 18, Monaco 48: Monaco leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Laguna Beach 73, Monaco 70: Laguna Beach leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Laguna Beach 72, Monaco 84: Monaco leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Laguna Beach 68, Monaco 60: Laguna Beach leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Laguna Beach 33, Monaco 78: Monaco leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Laguna Beach 46, Monaco 52: Monaco leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Laguna Beach 12, Monaco 3: Laguna Beach leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Laguna Beach 40, Monaco 63: Monaco leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Laguna Beach 47, Monaco 55: Monaco leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Laguna Beach and Monaco.

Your match

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

Laguna Beach
46match

Wins on prices and families with your weighting.

Monaco
Best match
58match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Laguna Beach in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Monaco in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Laguna BeachMonaco

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Laguna Beach: 1981-2010 normals, Irvine (15.5 km from centre). Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLaguna BeachMonaco
Official language-French
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCEF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation6 m68 m
Main airportJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)18 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLaguna BeachMonaco
City population23,03238,857
People per km²90718,503
Museums within 10 km214
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 months

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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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.