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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
Palms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue, West Palm Beach
West Palm BeachPalms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; West Palm Beach by Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Acapulco or West Palm Beach?

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 Acapulco for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose West Palm Beach for

  • day trips
  • shopping
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on West Palm Beach’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. Acapulco and West Palm Beach are level on 80.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, West Palm Beach 52: Acapulco leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, West Palm Beach 42: West Palm Beach leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, West Palm Beach 36: Acapulco leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, West Palm Beach 58: West Palm Beach leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, West Palm Beach 55: West Palm Beach leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, West Palm Beach 66: West Palm Beach leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, West Palm Beach 38: West Palm Beach leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, West Palm Beach 64: West Palm Beach leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, West Palm Beach 23: Acapulco leads by 51 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, West Palm Beach 47: West Palm Beach leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, West Palm Beach 44: West Palm Beach leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and West Palm Beach.

Your match

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

Acapulco
44match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

West Palm Beach
Best match
50match

Wins on day trips and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Acapulco in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
226 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

West Palm Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AcapulcoWest Palm Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). West Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoWest Palm Beach
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya-
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation18 m6 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoWest Palm Beach
City population658,609117,415
People per km²350786
Museums within 10 km34
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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.