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The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach
A madrasa and its minarets on the Registan, Samarkand
SamarkandA madrasa and its minarets on the Registan

Photos: Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Samarkand by Yaşar Başkurt, Pexels License.

Myrtle Beach or Samarkand?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Samarkand for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Samarkand’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, Samarkand 4: Myrtle Beach leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. Myrtle Beach 38, Samarkand 54: Samarkand leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Myrtle Beach 20, Samarkand 84: Samarkand leads by 64 points.
Nightlife. Myrtle Beach 42, Samarkand 14: Myrtle Beach leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Myrtle Beach 46, Samarkand 40: Myrtle Beach leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Myrtle Beach 50, Samarkand 72: Samarkand leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Myrtle Beach 80, Samarkand 30: Myrtle Beach leads by 50 points.
Getting around. Myrtle Beach 18, Samarkand 58: Samarkand leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Myrtle Beach 38, Samarkand 42: Samarkand leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Myrtle Beach 52, Samarkand 80: Samarkand leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Myrtle Beach 30, Samarkand 24: Myrtle Beach leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Myrtle Beach 28, Samarkand 32: Samarkand leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Myrtle Beach and Samarkand.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Myrtle Beach
44match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Samarkand
45match

Wins on culture and sights 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
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Samarkand in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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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). Samarkand: 1991-2020 normals, Samarkand (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMyrtle BeachSamarkand
Official language-Uzbek
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Uzbekistan Sum (UZS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+5
Emergency number911112
Elevation8 m702 m
Main airportMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsSamarkand International Airport (SKD)5 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureMyrtle BeachSamarkand
City population35,682546,303
People per km²5915,058
Museums within 10 km211
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.