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The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach
Barlas Island in Honda Bay, Puerto Princesa
Puerto PrincesaBarlas Island in Honda Bay

Photos: Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Puerto Princesa by Ray in Manila, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Myrtle Beach or Puerto Princesa?

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

  • day trips
  • families
  • beaches

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

Choose Puerto Princesa for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Princesa’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, Puerto Princesa 58: Myrtle Beach leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Myrtle Beach and Puerto Princesa are level on 38.
Culture & sights. Myrtle Beach 20, Puerto Princesa 22: Puerto Princesa leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Myrtle Beach 42, Puerto Princesa 26: Myrtle Beach leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Myrtle Beach 46, Puerto Princesa 80: Puerto Princesa leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Myrtle Beach 50, Puerto Princesa 12: Myrtle Beach leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Myrtle Beach 80, Puerto Princesa 45: Myrtle Beach leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Myrtle Beach 18, Puerto Princesa 30: Puerto Princesa leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Myrtle Beach 38, Puerto Princesa 20: Myrtle Beach leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Myrtle Beach 52, Puerto Princesa 78: Puerto Princesa leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Myrtle Beach 30, Puerto Princesa 10: Myrtle Beach leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Myrtle Beach 28, Puerto Princesa 40: Puerto Princesa leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Myrtle Beach and Puerto Princesa.

Your match

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

Myrtle Beach
Best match
44match

Wins on day trips and families with your weighting.

Puerto Princesa
38match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices 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

Puerto Princesa in July

29 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
216 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Myrtle BeachPuerto Princesa

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.

Puerto Princesa has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

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). Puerto Princesa: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureMyrtle BeachPuerto Princesa
Official language-English, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911911
Elevation8 m98 m
Main airportMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsPuerto Princesa International Airport / PAF Antonio Bautista Air Base (PPS)2 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureMyrtle BeachPuerto Princesa
City population35,682316,384
People per km²591133
Museums within 10 km21
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months12 months

Where else could you go?

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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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.