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Main Beach with its palms and lifeguard tower, Laguna Beach
Laguna BeachMain Beach with its palms and lifeguard tower
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Laguna Beach by Mark Stebnicki, Pexels License; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Laguna Beach or Quebec City?

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

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Quebec City for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Quebec City’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, Quebec City 18: Laguna Beach leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Laguna Beach 40, Quebec City 57: Quebec City leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Laguna Beach 27, Quebec City 70: Quebec City leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Laguna Beach 18, Quebec City 42: Quebec City leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Laguna Beach 73, Quebec City 79: Quebec City leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Laguna Beach 72, Quebec City 58: Laguna Beach leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Laguna Beach 68, Quebec City 64: Laguna Beach leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Laguna Beach 33, Quebec City 50: Quebec City leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Laguna Beach 46, Quebec City 45: Laguna Beach leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Laguna Beach 12, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Laguna Beach 40, Quebec City 52: Quebec City leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Laguna Beach 47, Quebec City 55: Quebec City 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 Quebec City.

Your match

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

Laguna Beach
46match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Quebec City
Best match
53match

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.

Laguna Beach in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Laguna BeachQuebec City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Laguna Beach: 1981-2010 normals, Irvine (15.5 km from centre). Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLaguna BeachQuebec City
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-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation6 m98 m
Main airportJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)18 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureLaguna BeachQuebec City
City population23,032574,482
People per km²9071,184
Museums within 10 km216
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.