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The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach
The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70

Photos: Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

Myrtle Beach or Seattle?

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 Seattle for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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, Seattle 30: Myrtle Beach leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Myrtle Beach 38, Seattle 66: Seattle leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Myrtle Beach 20, Seattle 50: Seattle leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Myrtle Beach 42, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Myrtle Beach 46, Seattle 87: Seattle leads by 41 points.
Day trips. Myrtle Beach 50, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Myrtle Beach 80, Seattle 64: Myrtle Beach leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Myrtle Beach 18, Seattle 60: Seattle leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Myrtle Beach 38, Seattle 52: Seattle leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Myrtle Beach 52, Seattle 22: Myrtle Beach leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Myrtle Beach 30, Seattle 70: Seattle leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Myrtle Beach 28, Seattle 40: Seattle 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 Seattle.

Your match

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

Myrtle Beach
44match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Seattle
Best match
54match

Wins on getting around 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
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Myrtle BeachSeattle

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). Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMyrtle BeachSeattle
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation8 m40 m
Main airportMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMyrtle BeachSeattle
City population35,682737,015
People per km²5911,996
Museums within 10 km227
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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. 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.