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Main Beach with its palms and lifeguard tower, Laguna Beach
Laguna BeachMain Beach with its palms and lifeguard tower
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

Photos: Laguna Beach by Mark Stebnicki, Pexels License; Victoria by Guilice, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Laguna Beach or Victoria?

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 Victoria for

  • getting around
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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, Victoria 28: Laguna Beach leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Laguna Beach 40, Victoria 50: Victoria leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Laguna Beach 27, Victoria 42: Victoria leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Laguna Beach 18, Victoria 30: Victoria leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Laguna Beach 73, Victoria 77: Victoria leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Laguna Beach 72, Victoria 54: Laguna Beach leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Laguna Beach 68, Victoria 62: Laguna Beach leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Laguna Beach 33, Victoria 60: Victoria leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Laguna Beach 46, Victoria 40: Laguna Beach leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Laguna Beach 12, Victoria 34: Victoria leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Laguna Beach and Victoria are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Laguna Beach 47, Victoria 48: Victoria leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Laguna Beach and Victoria.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Laguna Beach
46match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Victoria
47match

Wins on getting around 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
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Laguna BeachVictoria

Where the figures come from

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Laguna Beach: 1981-2010 normals, Irvine (15.5 km from centre). Victoria: 1991-2020 normals, Victoria Gonzales CS (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLaguna BeachVictoria
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
Elevation6 m23 m
Main airportJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)18 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLaguna BeachVictoria
City population23,03291,867
People per km²9074,711
Museums within 10 km26
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.