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The Friedrichsbad, the historic bathhouse, Baden-Baden
Baden-BadenThe Friedrichsbad, the historic bathhouse
Whitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum, Palm Beach
Palm BeachWhitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum

Photos: Baden-Baden by Kent Wang, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Palm Beach by Khowald, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Baden-Baden 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 Baden-Baden for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Palm Beach for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • nightlife

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. Baden-Baden 8, Palm Beach 82: Palm Beach leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Baden-Baden 45, Palm Beach 47: Palm Beach leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Baden-Baden 52, Palm Beach 45: Baden-Baden leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Baden-Baden 15, Palm Beach 32: Palm Beach leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baden-Baden 70, Palm Beach 58: Baden-Baden leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Baden-Baden 78, Palm Beach 55: Baden-Baden leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Baden-Baden 50, Palm Beach 62: Palm Beach leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Baden-Baden 62, Palm Beach 32: Baden-Baden leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Baden-Baden 38, Palm Beach 66: Palm Beach leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Baden-Baden 30, Palm Beach 12: Baden-Baden leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baden-Baden 58, Palm Beach 45: Baden-Baden leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baden-Baden 96, Palm Beach 55: Baden-Baden leads by 41 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baden-Baden and Palm Beach.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Baden-Baden
50match

Wins on wellness and getting around with your weighting.

Palm Beach
49match

Wins on beaches 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.

Baden-Baden in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
117 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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Baden-BadenPalm Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Baden-Baden: 1991-2020 normals, Baden-Baden-Geroldsau (3.9 km from centre). Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (6.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBaden-BadenPalm Beach
Official languageGerman-
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
Elevation181 m2 m
Main airportKarlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport (FKB)12 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBaden-BadenPalm Beach
City population56,9529,245
People per km²406322
Museums within 10 km114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.