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The Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest
BudapestThe Fisherman's Bastion
Whitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum, Palm Beach
Palm BeachWhitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum

Photos: Budapest by Perituss, CC0; Palm Beach by Khowald, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Budapest 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 Budapest for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • getting around

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

Choose Palm Beach for

  • beaches
  • shopping

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. Budapest 25, Palm Beach 82: Palm Beach leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Budapest 63, Palm Beach 47: Budapest leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Budapest 80, Palm Beach 45: Budapest leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Budapest 78, Palm Beach 32: Budapest leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Budapest and Palm Beach are level on 58.
Day trips. Budapest 68, Palm Beach 55: Budapest leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Budapest and Palm Beach are level on 62.
Getting around. Budapest 78, Palm Beach 32: Budapest leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Budapest 55, Palm Beach 66: Palm Beach leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Budapest 62, Palm Beach 12: Budapest leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Budapest 76, Palm Beach 45: Budapest leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Budapest 98, Palm Beach 55: Budapest leads by 43 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Budapest and Palm Beach.

Your match

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

Budapest
Best match
67match

Wins on prices and nightlife 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.

Budapest in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
10 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Budapest: 1991-2020 normals, Budapest Met Center (2.1 km from centre). Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (6.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBudapestPalm Beach
Official languageHungarian-
CurrencyForint (HUF)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
Elevation117 m2 m
Main airportBudapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)18 km from centre157 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

MeasureBudapestPalm Beach
City population1,675,7779,245
People per km²3,191322
Museums within 10 km814
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.