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The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach
The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Myrtle Beach or Nairobi?

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 Myrtle Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

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

Choose Nairobi for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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. Myrtle Beach 84, Nairobi 4: Myrtle Beach leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. Myrtle Beach 38, Nairobi 48: Nairobi leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Myrtle Beach 20, Nairobi 35: Nairobi leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Myrtle Beach 42, Nairobi 58: Nairobi leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Myrtle Beach 46, Nairobi 84: Nairobi leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Myrtle Beach 50, Nairobi 28: Myrtle Beach leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Myrtle Beach 80, Nairobi 55: Myrtle Beach leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Myrtle Beach 18, Nairobi 20: Nairobi leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Myrtle Beach 38, Nairobi 45: Nairobi leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Myrtle Beach 52, Nairobi 60: Nairobi leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Myrtle Beach 30, Nairobi 35: Nairobi leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Myrtle Beach 28, Nairobi 25: Myrtle Beach leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Myrtle Beach and Nairobi.

Your match

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

Myrtle Beach
Best match
44match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Nairobi
41match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Myrtle BeachNairobi

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. Myrtle Beach: 1971-2000 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Myrtle Beach Air Force Base (5.5 km from centre). Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMyrtle BeachNairobi
Official language-English, Swahili
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number911Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation8 m1,661 m
Main airportMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureMyrtle BeachNairobi
City population35,6825,545,000
People per km²5917,967
Museums within 10 km24
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.