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Botero sculptures on Plaza Botero, Medellin
MedellinBotero sculptures on Plaza Botero
The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach

Photos: Medellin by Steffen Schmitz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Medellin 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 Medellin for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Myrtle Beach for

  • beaches
  • families

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. Medellin 5, Myrtle Beach 84: Myrtle Beach leads by 79 points.
Food & drink. Medellin 58, Myrtle Beach 38: Medellin leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Medellin 42, Myrtle Beach 20: Medellin leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Medellin 76, Myrtle Beach 42: Medellin leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Medellin 66, Myrtle Beach 46: Medellin leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Medellin 58, Myrtle Beach 50: Medellin leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Medellin 50, Myrtle Beach 80: Myrtle Beach leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Medellin 55, Myrtle Beach 18: Medellin leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Medellin 45, Myrtle Beach 38: Medellin leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Medellin 80, Myrtle Beach 52: Medellin leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Medellin 42, Myrtle Beach 30: Medellin leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Medellin 30, Myrtle Beach 28: Medellin leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Medellin and Myrtle Beach.

Your match

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

Medellin
Best match
51match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

Myrtle Beach
44match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Medellin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
133 mmrain in the month
No seasea
12 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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MedellinMyrtle Beach

Where the figures come from

Medellin 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. Medellin: 1958-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Medellin / Olaya Herrera (5.2 km from centre). Myrtle Beach: 1971-2000 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Myrtle Beach Air Force Base (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMedellinMyrtle Beach
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number123911
Elevation1,405 m8 m
Main airportJose Maria Córdova International Airport (MDE)19 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMedellinMyrtle Beach
City population2,529,40335,682
People per km²6,644591
Museums within 10 km142
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). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.