Photos: Rehoboth Beach by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Santa Monica by Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.
Rehoboth Beach or Santa Monica?
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 Rehoboth Beach for
- prices
- beaches
- nightlife
What lies behind each score is written up on Rehoboth Beach’s own page.
Choose Santa Monica for
- nature and the outdoors
- culture and sights
- food and drink
What lies behind each score is written up on Santa Monica’s own page.
Scoreboard
Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Rehoboth Beach and Santa Monica.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.
Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.
Rehoboth Beach in July
Santa Monica in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
Where the figures come from
Rehoboth 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. Rehoboth Beach: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Georgetown / Rogers Development (24.1 km from centre). Santa Monica: 1991-2020 normals, Los Angeles Airport (13.4 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Rehoboth Beach | Santa Monica |
|---|---|---|
| Currency | US Dollar (USD) | US Dollar (USD) |
| Sockets | AB120 V, 60 Hz | AB120 V, 60 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Right |
| Time zone | UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer | UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer |
| Emergency number | 911 | 911 |
| Elevation | 5 m | 32 m |
| Main airport | Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)56 km from centre4 non-stop destinations | Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)11 km from centre177 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 12 days | 13 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Rehoboth Beach | Santa Monica |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 1,108 | 93,076 |
| People per km² | 258 | 4,270 |
| Museums within 10 km | 2 | 19 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 0 | 1 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | 3 months | None |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Rehoboth Beach or Santa Monica somewhere new.