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The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie
The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach

Photos: Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Montpellier 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 Montpellier for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Myrtle Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • prices

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. Montpellier 64, Myrtle Beach 84: Myrtle Beach leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Montpellier 64, Myrtle Beach 38: Montpellier leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Montpellier 60, Myrtle Beach 20: Montpellier leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Montpellier 56, Myrtle Beach 42: Montpellier leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montpellier 72, Myrtle Beach 46: Montpellier leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Montpellier 85, Myrtle Beach 50: Montpellier leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Montpellier 62, Myrtle Beach 80: Myrtle Beach leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Montpellier 74, Myrtle Beach 18: Montpellier leads by 56 points.
Shopping & style. Montpellier 47, Myrtle Beach 38: Montpellier leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Montpellier 50, Myrtle Beach 52: Myrtle Beach leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montpellier 63, Myrtle Beach 30: Montpellier leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montpellier 42, Myrtle Beach 28: Montpellier leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montpellier and Myrtle Beach.

Your match

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

Montpellier
Best match
62match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights 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.

Montpellier in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
17 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Myrtle Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
172 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

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. Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre). Myrtle Beach: 1971-2000 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Myrtle Beach Air Force Base (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontpellierMyrtle Beach
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation7 m8 m
Main airportMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontpellierMyrtle Beach
City population310,24035,682
People per km²5,452591
Museums within 10 km142
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months6 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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.