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The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach
The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square

Photos: Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Myrtle Beach or Salt Lake 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
  • day trips
  • nightlife

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

Choose Salt Lake City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Salt Lake 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, Salt Lake City 12: Myrtle Beach leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Myrtle Beach 38, Salt Lake City 40: Salt Lake City leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Myrtle Beach 20, Salt Lake City 42: Salt Lake City leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Myrtle Beach 42, Salt Lake City 30: Myrtle Beach leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Myrtle Beach 46, Salt Lake City 90: Salt Lake City leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Myrtle Beach 50, Salt Lake City 34: Myrtle Beach leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Myrtle Beach 80, Salt Lake City 72: Myrtle Beach leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Myrtle Beach 18, Salt Lake City 42: Salt Lake City leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Myrtle Beach 38, Salt Lake City 36: Myrtle Beach leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Myrtle Beach 52, Salt Lake City 40: Myrtle Beach leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Myrtle Beach 30, Salt Lake City 55: Salt Lake City leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Myrtle Beach 28, Salt Lake City 38: Salt Lake City leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Myrtle Beach and Salt Lake City.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Salt Lake City
44match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts 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

Salt Lake City in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
13 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 BeachSalt Lake 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.

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). Salt Lake City: 1991-2020 normals, Salt Lake City International Airport (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMyrtle BeachSalt Lake 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 m1,288 m
Main airportMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMyrtle BeachSalt Lake City
City population35,682199,723
People per km²591690
Museums within 10 km212
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.