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The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Myrtle Beach or Tromso?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: Myrtle Beach leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Myrtle Beach 38, Tromso 36: Myrtle Beach leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Myrtle Beach 20, Tromso 27: Tromso leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Myrtle Beach 42, Tromso 38: Myrtle Beach leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Myrtle Beach 46, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 46 points.
Day trips. Myrtle Beach 50, Tromso 14: Myrtle Beach leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Myrtle Beach 80, Tromso 45: Myrtle Beach leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Myrtle Beach 18, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Myrtle Beach 38, Tromso 15: Myrtle Beach leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Myrtle Beach 52, Tromso 11: Myrtle Beach leads by 41 points.
Live music & performing arts. Myrtle Beach 30, Tromso 32: Tromso leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Myrtle Beach 28, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Myrtle Beach and Tromso.

Your match

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

Myrtle Beach
Best match
44match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 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). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMyrtle BeachTromso
Official language-Norwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation8 m20 m
Main airportMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMyrtle BeachTromso
City population35,68279,943
People per km²59132
Museums within 10 km28
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. 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.