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The Sagrada Família, Barcelona
BarcelonaThe Sagrada Família
Whitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum, Palm Beach
Palm BeachWhitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum

Photos: Barcelona by Canaan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Palm Beach by Khowald, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Barcelona 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 Barcelona for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Palm Beach for

  • wellness
  • beaches

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. Barcelona 75, Palm Beach 82: Palm Beach leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Barcelona 82, Palm Beach 47: Barcelona leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Barcelona 86, Palm Beach 45: Barcelona leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Barcelona 82, Palm Beach 32: Barcelona leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Barcelona 72, Palm Beach 58: Barcelona leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Barcelona 80, Palm Beach 55: Barcelona leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Barcelona 76, Palm Beach 62: Barcelona leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Barcelona 80, Palm Beach 32: Barcelona leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Barcelona 75, Palm Beach 66: Barcelona leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Barcelona 44, Palm Beach 12: Barcelona leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Barcelona 70, Palm Beach 45: Barcelona leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Barcelona 38, Palm Beach 55: Palm Beach leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Barcelona and Palm Beach.

Your match

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

Barcelona
Best match
72match

Wins on nightlife and getting around with your weighting.

Palm Beach
49match

Wins on wellness and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Barcelona in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °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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BarcelonaPalm Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Barcelona: 1991-2020 normals, Barcelona / Aeropuerto (14.4 km from centre). Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (6.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarcelonaPalm 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
Elevation9 m2 m
Main airportJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN)13 km from centre235 non-stop destinationsPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarcelonaPalm Beach
City population1,731,6499,245
People per km²17,094322
Museums within 10 km954
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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.