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Waterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor, Newport Beach
Newport BeachWaterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor
The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind

Photos: Newport Beach by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Newport 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 Newport Beach for

  • families
  • shopping
  • beaches

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

Choose Tirana for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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. Newport Beach 70, Tirana 46: Newport Beach leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Newport Beach 50, Tirana 57: Tirana leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Newport Beach 20, Tirana 42: Tirana leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Newport Beach 33, Tirana 58: Tirana leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Newport Beach 66, Tirana 62: Newport Beach leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Newport Beach 70, Tirana 64: Newport Beach leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Newport Beach 80, Tirana 40: Newport Beach leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Newport Beach 20, Tirana 54: Tirana leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Newport Beach 62, Tirana 32: Newport Beach leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Newport Beach 15, Tirana 76: Tirana leads by 61 points.
Live music & performing arts. Newport Beach 46, Tirana 32: Newport Beach leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Newport Beach 44, Tirana 27: Newport Beach leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Newport Beach and Tirana.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Newport Beach
48match

Wins on families and shopping with your weighting.

Tirana
49match

Wins on prices 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.

Newport Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °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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Newport BeachTirana

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Newport Beach: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1981-2010) normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (7.1 km from centre). Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNewport BeachTirana
Official language-Albanian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Lek (ALL)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation3 m110 m
Main airportJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)7 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureNewport BeachTirana
City population85,239389,323
People per km²6229,314
Museums within 10 km411
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 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.