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The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach
Main Street in winter, with snow on the mountainside, Park City
Park CityMain Street in winter, with snow on the mountainside

Photos: Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Park City by Quang Vuong, Pexels License.

Myrtle Beach or Park City?

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
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Park City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Park City’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, Park City 8: Myrtle Beach leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Myrtle Beach 38, Park City 40: Park City leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Myrtle Beach 20, Park City 18: Myrtle Beach leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Myrtle Beach 42, Park City 25: Myrtle Beach leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Myrtle Beach 46, Park City 92: Park City leads by 46 points.
Day trips. Myrtle Beach 50, Park City 40: Myrtle Beach leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Myrtle Beach 80, Park City 68: Myrtle Beach leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Myrtle Beach 18, Park City 60: Park City leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Myrtle Beach 38, Park City 35: Myrtle Beach leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Myrtle Beach 52, Park City 12: Myrtle Beach leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Myrtle Beach 30, Park City 28: Myrtle Beach leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Myrtle Beach 28, Park City 52: Park City leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Myrtle Beach and Park City.

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 prices with your weighting.

Park City
40match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Park City in July

28 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Myrtle BeachPark City

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.

Park City's temperatures are measured 79 km from the centre, at Evanston.

Park City 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). Park City: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Evanston (78.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMyrtle BeachPark City
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation8 m2,134 m
Main airportMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)43 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMyrtle BeachPark City
City population35,6828,396
People per km²591185
Museums within 10 km21
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.