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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
Whitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum, Palm Beach
Palm BeachWhitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Palm Beach by Khowald, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Alicante or 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 Alicante for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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

Choose Palm Beach for

  • shopping
  • wellness
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on 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. Alicante and Palm Beach are level on 82.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Palm Beach 47: Alicante leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Palm Beach 45: Alicante leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Palm Beach 32: Alicante leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Palm Beach 58: Alicante leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Palm Beach 55: Alicante leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Palm Beach 62: Alicante leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Palm Beach 32: Alicante leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Palm Beach 66: Palm Beach leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Palm Beach 12: Alicante leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Palm Beach 45: Palm Beach leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Palm Beach 55: Palm Beach leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Palm Beach.

Your match

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

Alicante
Best match
59match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

Palm Beach
49match

Wins on shopping and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Alicante in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

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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AlicantePalm Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (6.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicantePalm Beach
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation3 m2 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicantePalm Beach
City population366,2219,245
People per km²1,819322
Museums within 10 km84
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.