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The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza
Whitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum, Palm Beach
Palm BeachWhitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum

Photos: Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Palm Beach by Khowald, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Cairo 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 Cairo for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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

Choose Palm Beach for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • families

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. Cairo 10, Palm Beach 82: Palm Beach leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Cairo 60, Palm Beach 47: Cairo leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Cairo 96, Palm Beach 45: Cairo leads by 51 points.
Nightlife. Cairo 48, Palm Beach 32: Cairo leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cairo 30, Palm Beach 58: Palm Beach leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Cairo 66, Palm Beach 55: Cairo leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Cairo 32, Palm Beach 62: Palm Beach leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Cairo 35, Palm Beach 32: Cairo leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Cairo 58, Palm Beach 66: Palm Beach leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Cairo 95, Palm Beach 12: Cairo leads by 83 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cairo 50, Palm Beach 45: Cairo leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cairo 15, Palm Beach 55: Palm Beach leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cairo 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

Cairo
50match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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.

Cairo in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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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CairoPalm Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cairo: 1991-2020 normals, Helwan (21.9 km from centre). Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (6.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCairoPalm Beach
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation23 m2 m
Main airportCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinationsPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCairoPalm Beach
City population9,801,5369,245
People per km²18,564322
Museums within 10 km484
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). 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.