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Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge
The white beach below the high-rise hotels, Orange Beach
Orange BeachThe white beach below the high-rise hotels

Photos: London by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Orange Beach by WeaponizingArchitecture, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

London or Orange 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 London for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • shopping

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

Choose Orange Beach for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Orange 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. London 25, Orange Beach 86: Orange Beach leads by 61 points.
Food & drink. London 84, Orange Beach 40: London leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. London 94, Orange Beach 7: London leads by 87 points.
Nightlife. London 88, Orange Beach 30: London leads by 58 points.
Nature & outdoors. London 57, Orange Beach 60: Orange Beach leads by 3 points.
Day trips. London 90, Orange Beach 50: London leads by 40 points.
Good for families. London 82, Orange Beach 75: London leads by 7 points.
Getting around. London 85, Orange Beach 15: London leads by 70 points.
Shopping & style. London 95, Orange Beach 25: London leads by 70 points.
Affordability. London 15, Orange Beach 38: Orange Beach leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. London 98, Orange Beach 32: London leads by 66 points.
Wellness & relaxation. London 40, Orange Beach 32: London leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: London and Orange Beach.

Your match

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

London
Best match
71match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

Orange Beach
41match

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.

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Orange Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LondonOrange Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre). Orange Beach: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Gulf Shores / Bay Village Mobile Home Park (10.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLondonOrange Beach
Official languageEnglish-
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999911
Elevation4 m4 m
Main airportLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinationsPensacola International Airport (PNS)41 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLondonOrange Beach
City population8,799,7288,095
People per km²5,598196
Museums within 10 km2160
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 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.