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A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach
A madrasa and its minarets on the Registan, Samarkand
SamarkandA madrasa and its minarets on the Registan

Photos: Miami by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Samarkand by Yaşar Başkurt, Pexels License.

Miami or Samarkand?

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
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Samarkand for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Samarkand’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, Samarkand 4: Miami leads by 86 points.
Food & drink. Miami 72, Samarkand 54: Miami leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Miami 57, Samarkand 84: Samarkand leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Miami 82, Samarkand 14: Miami leads by 68 points.
Nature & outdoors. Miami 64, Samarkand 40: Miami leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Miami 42, Samarkand 72: Samarkand leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Miami 64, Samarkand 30: Miami leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Miami 35, Samarkand 58: Samarkand leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Miami 71, Samarkand 42: Miami leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Miami 27, Samarkand 80: Samarkand leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Miami 55, Samarkand 24: Miami leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Miami 44, Samarkand 32: Miami leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Miami and Samarkand.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Samarkand
45match

Wins on prices and day trips 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

Samarkand in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MiamiSamarkand

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

Before you go

MeasureMiamiSamarkand
Official language-Uzbek
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Uzbekistan Sum (UZS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+5
Emergency number911112
Elevation2 m702 m
Main airportMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinationsSamarkand International Airport (SKD)5 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureMiamiSamarkand
City population442,241546,303
People per km²3,0465,058
Museums within 10 km1711
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.