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The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach
Skiers in front of the big timber lodge at the resort, Winter Park, Colorado
Winter Park, ColoradoSkiers in front of the big timber lodge at the resort

Photos: Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Winter Park, Colorado by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Myrtle Beach or Winter Park, Colorado?

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
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Winter Park, Colorado for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Winter Park, Colorado’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, Winter Park, Colorado 5: Myrtle Beach leads by 79 points.
Food & drink. Myrtle Beach 38, Winter Park, Colorado 24: Myrtle Beach leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Myrtle Beach 20, Winter Park, Colorado 6: Myrtle Beach leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Myrtle Beach 42, Winter Park, Colorado 15: Myrtle Beach leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Myrtle Beach 46, Winter Park, Colorado 88: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Myrtle Beach 50, Winter Park, Colorado 38: Myrtle Beach leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Myrtle Beach 80, Winter Park, Colorado 62: Myrtle Beach leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Myrtle Beach 18, Winter Park, Colorado 42: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Myrtle Beach 38, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Myrtle Beach leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Myrtle Beach 52, Winter Park, Colorado 25: Myrtle Beach leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Myrtle Beach 30, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Myrtle Beach leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Myrtle Beach 28, Winter Park, Colorado 46: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Myrtle Beach and Winter Park, Colorado.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Winter Park, Colorado
31match

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
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Winter Park, Colorado in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
39 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 BeachWinter Park, Colorado

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.

Winter Park, Colorado's temperatures are measured 90 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Winter Park, Colorado's station stands 269 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Winter Park, Colorado 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). Winter Park, Colorado: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (89.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMyrtle BeachWinter Park, Colorado
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation8 m2,759 m
Main airportMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)95 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMyrtle BeachWinter Park, Colorado
City population35,6821,033
People per km²59124
Museums within 10 km20
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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. 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.