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A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach
The city from Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik
ReykjavikThe city from Hallgrímskirkja

Photos: Miami by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Reykjavik by Atlantic Ambience, Pexels License.

Miami or Reykjavik?

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 Miami for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • nightlife

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

Choose Reykjavik for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Reykjavik’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. Miami 90, Reykjavik 12: Miami leads by 78 points.
Food & drink. Miami 72, Reykjavik 42: Miami leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Miami 57, Reykjavik 25: Miami leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Miami 82, Reykjavik 45: Miami leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Miami 64, Reykjavik 92: Reykjavik leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Miami 42, Reykjavik 35: Miami leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Miami 64, Reykjavik 55: Miami leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Miami 35, Reykjavik 55: Reykjavik leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Miami 71, Reykjavik 25: Miami leads by 46 points.
Affordability. Miami 27, Reykjavik 6: Miami leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Miami 55, Reykjavik 45: Miami leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Miami 44, Reykjavik 88: Reykjavik leads by 44 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Miami and Reykjavik.

Your match

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

Miami
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and shopping with your weighting.

Reykjavik
44match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Miami in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Reykjavik in July

15 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
20 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MiamiReykjavik

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre). Reykjavik: 1991-2020 normals, Reykjavik (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMiamiReykjavik
Official language-Icelandic
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Iceland Krona (ISK)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC
Emergency number911112
Elevation2 m8 m
Main airportMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinationsKeflavik International Airport (KEF)37 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMiamiReykjavik
City population442,241138,772
People per km²3,046569
Museums within 10 km1723
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.