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A canal bridge in autumn, Amsterdam
AmsterdamA canal bridge in autumn
Whitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum, Palm Beach
Palm BeachWhitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum

Photos: Amsterdam by Hans, Pexels License; Palm Beach by Khowald, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Amsterdam 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 Amsterdam for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Palm Beach for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Amsterdam 25, Palm Beach 82: Palm Beach leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Amsterdam 58, Palm Beach 47: Amsterdam leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Amsterdam 82, Palm Beach 45: Amsterdam leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Amsterdam 77, Palm Beach 32: Amsterdam leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amsterdam 47, Palm Beach 58: Palm Beach leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Amsterdam 87, Palm Beach 55: Amsterdam leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Amsterdam 72, Palm Beach 62: Amsterdam leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Amsterdam 86, Palm Beach 32: Amsterdam leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Amsterdam 68, Palm Beach 66: Amsterdam leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Amsterdam 22, Palm Beach 12: Amsterdam leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amsterdam 78, Palm Beach 45: Amsterdam leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amsterdam 42, Palm Beach 55: Palm Beach leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amsterdam and Palm Beach.

Your match

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

Amsterdam
Best match
62match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

Palm Beach
49match

Wins on beaches 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.

Amsterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
16 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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Where the figures come from

Amsterdam 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.

Amsterdam's sunshine is measured 35 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amsterdam: 1991-2020 normals, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (12 km from centre). Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (6.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmsterdamPalm Beach
Official languageDutch-
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
Elevation-2 m2 m
Main airportAmsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)12 km from centre287 non-stop destinationsPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmsterdamPalm Beach
City population921,4689,245
People per km²4,208322
Museums within 10 km1014
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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.