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The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach
The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind

Photos: Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Myrtle Beach or Tirana?

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

  • families
  • beaches
  • shopping

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

Choose Tirana for

  • getting around
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Tirana’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, Tirana 46: Myrtle Beach leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Myrtle Beach 38, Tirana 57: Tirana leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Myrtle Beach 20, Tirana 42: Tirana leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Myrtle Beach 42, Tirana 58: Tirana leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Myrtle Beach 46, Tirana 62: Tirana leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Myrtle Beach 50, Tirana 64: Tirana leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Myrtle Beach 80, Tirana 40: Myrtle Beach leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Myrtle Beach 18, Tirana 54: Tirana leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Myrtle Beach 38, Tirana 32: Myrtle Beach leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Myrtle Beach 52, Tirana 76: Tirana leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Myrtle Beach 30, Tirana 32: Tirana leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Myrtle Beach 28, Tirana 27: Myrtle Beach leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Myrtle Beach and Tirana.

Your match

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

Myrtle Beach
44match

Wins on families and beaches with your weighting.

Tirana
Best match
49match

Wins on getting around and prices 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

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Myrtle BeachTirana

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). Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMyrtle BeachTirana
Official language-Albanian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Lek (ALL)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation8 m110 m
Main airportMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMyrtle BeachTirana
City population35,682389,323
People per km²5919,314
Museums within 10 km211
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months5 months

Where else could you go?

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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.