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The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Myrtle Beach or Tokyo?

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

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Myrtle Beach leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Myrtle Beach 38, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 60 points.
Culture & sights. Myrtle Beach 20, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 64 points.
Nightlife. Myrtle Beach 42, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Myrtle Beach 46, Tokyo 68: Tokyo leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Myrtle Beach 50, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Myrtle Beach 80, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Myrtle Beach 18, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 80 points.
Shopping & style. Myrtle Beach 38, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 61 points.
Affordability. Myrtle Beach 52, Tokyo 48: Myrtle Beach leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Myrtle Beach 30, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 56 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Myrtle Beach 28, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 50 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Myrtle Beach and Tokyo.

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.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights 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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Myrtle BeachTokyo

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). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMyrtle BeachTokyo
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 m6 m
Main airportMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMyrtle BeachTokyo
City population35,68214,264,798
People per km²5916,501
Museums within 10 km2192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months4 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. 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.