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The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach
The cathedral facade, Siena
SienaThe cathedral facade

Photos: Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Siena by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Myrtle Beach or Siena?

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 Siena for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Siena’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, Siena 14: Myrtle Beach leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Myrtle Beach 38, Siena 62: Siena leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Myrtle Beach 20, Siena 78: Siena leads by 58 points.
Nightlife. Myrtle Beach 42, Siena 27: Myrtle Beach leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Myrtle Beach 46, Siena 65: Siena leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Myrtle Beach 50, Siena 94: Siena leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Myrtle Beach 80, Siena 38: Myrtle Beach leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Myrtle Beach 18, Siena 60: Siena leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Myrtle Beach 38, Siena 35: Myrtle Beach leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Myrtle Beach 52, Siena 42: Myrtle Beach leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Myrtle Beach 30, Siena 36: Siena leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Myrtle Beach 28, Siena 55: Siena leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Myrtle Beach and Siena.

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.

Siena
Best match
51match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips 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

Siena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
27 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 BeachSiena

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.

Siena's temperatures are measured 45 km from the centre, at Arezzo.

Siena 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). Siena: 2006-2017 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Arezzo (45 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMyrtle BeachSiena
Official language-Italian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation8 m322 m
Main airportMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)55 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMyrtle BeachSiena
City population35,68252,812
People per km²591446
Museums within 10 km230
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
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. 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.