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The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach
The city from Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik
ReykjavikThe city from Hallgrímskirkja

Photos: Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Reykjavik by Atlantic Ambience, Pexels License.

Myrtle Beach or Reykjavik?

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
  • families

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

Choose Reykjavik for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Reykjavik’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, Reykjavik 12: Myrtle Beach leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Myrtle Beach 38, Reykjavik 42: Reykjavik leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Myrtle Beach 20, Reykjavik 25: Reykjavik leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Myrtle Beach 42, Reykjavik 45: Reykjavik leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Myrtle Beach 46, Reykjavik 92: Reykjavik leads by 46 points.
Day trips. Myrtle Beach 50, Reykjavik 35: Myrtle Beach leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Myrtle Beach 80, Reykjavik 55: Myrtle Beach leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Myrtle Beach 18, Reykjavik 55: Reykjavik leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Myrtle Beach 38, Reykjavik 25: Myrtle Beach leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Myrtle Beach 52, Reykjavik 6: Myrtle Beach leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Myrtle Beach 30, Reykjavik 45: Reykjavik leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Myrtle Beach 28, Reykjavik 88: Reykjavik leads by 60 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Myrtle Beach and Reykjavik.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Myrtle Beach
44match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Reykjavik
44match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors 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

Reykjavik in July

15 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
20 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Myrtle BeachReykjavik

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). Reykjavik: 1991-2020 normals, Reykjavik (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMyrtle BeachReykjavik
Official language-Icelandic
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Iceland Krona (ISK)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC
Emergency number911112
Elevation8 m8 m
Main airportMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsKeflavik International Airport (KEF)37 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMyrtle BeachReykjavik
City population35,682138,772
People per km²591569
Museums within 10 km223
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 monthsNone

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.