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The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach
People's Square (Narodni trg), Zadar
ZadarPeople's Square (Narodni trg)

Photos: Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Zadar by Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, cropped.

Myrtle Beach or Zadar?

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 Zadar for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Zadar’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, Zadar 72: Myrtle Beach leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Myrtle Beach 38, Zadar 45: Zadar leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Myrtle Beach 20, Zadar 55: Zadar leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Myrtle Beach 42, Zadar 38: Myrtle Beach leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Myrtle Beach 46, Zadar 82: Zadar leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Myrtle Beach 50, Zadar 70: Zadar leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Myrtle Beach 80, Zadar 55: Myrtle Beach leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Myrtle Beach 18, Zadar 58: Zadar leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Myrtle Beach 38, Zadar 27: Myrtle Beach leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Myrtle Beach and Zadar are level on 52.
Live music & performing arts. Myrtle Beach 30, Zadar 28: Myrtle Beach leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Myrtle Beach 28, Zadar 35: Zadar leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Myrtle Beach and Zadar.

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.

Zadar
Best match
51match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors 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

Zadar in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
24 °Csea
15 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.

Zadar 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). Zadar: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Zadar / Zemunik (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMyrtle BeachZadar
Official language-Croatian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation8 m5 m
Main airportMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsZadar Airport (ZAD)10 km from centre66 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMyrtle BeachZadar
City population35,68270,779
People per km²591-
Museums within 10 km21
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months4 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.