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The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach
The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds

Photos: Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Myrtle Beach or Sapporo?

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

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

Choose Sapporo for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Sapporo’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, Sapporo 28: Myrtle Beach leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Myrtle Beach 38, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Myrtle Beach 20, Sapporo 40: Sapporo leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Myrtle Beach 42, Sapporo 62: Sapporo leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Myrtle Beach 46, Sapporo 86: Sapporo leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Myrtle Beach 50, Sapporo 64: Sapporo leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Myrtle Beach 80, Sapporo 72: Myrtle Beach leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Myrtle Beach 18, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 62 points.
Shopping & style. Myrtle Beach 38, Sapporo 58: Sapporo leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Myrtle Beach 52, Sapporo 60: Sapporo leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Myrtle Beach 30, Sapporo 44: Sapporo leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Myrtle Beach 28, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 52 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Myrtle Beach and Sapporo.

Your match

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

Myrtle Beach
44match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Sapporo
Best match
63match

Wins on getting around and wellness 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

Sapporo in July

25 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
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). Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMyrtle BeachSapporo
Official language-Japanese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation8 m5 m
Main airportMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMyrtle BeachSapporo
City population35,6821,959,313
People per km²5911,747
Museums within 10 km233
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months1 month

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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.