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The Römer, the old city hall, Frankfurt
FrankfurtThe Römer, the old city hall
Palermo Cathedral, Palermo
PalermoPalermo Cathedral

Photos: Frankfurt by Thomas Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, cropped; Palermo by Antonino Giangrasso, Pexels License.

Frankfurt or Palermo?

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 Frankfurt for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose Palermo for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Palermo’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. Frankfurt 8, Palermo 77: Palermo leads by 69 points.
Food & drink. Frankfurt 52, Palermo 81: Palermo leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Frankfurt 60, Palermo 80: Palermo leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Frankfurt 52, Palermo 58: Palermo leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Frankfurt 58, Palermo 72: Palermo leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Frankfurt 86, Palermo 84: Frankfurt leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Frankfurt 62, Palermo 44: Frankfurt leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Frankfurt 78, Palermo 50: Frankfurt leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Frankfurt 56, Palermo 44: Frankfurt leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Frankfurt 38, Palermo 63: Palermo leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Frankfurt 68, Palermo 62: Frankfurt leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Frankfurt 52, Palermo 30: Frankfurt leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Frankfurt and Palermo.

Your match

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

Frankfurt
56match

Wins on getting around and wellness with your weighting.

Palermo
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Frankfurt in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Palermo in July

29 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Palermo 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.

Palermo's sunshine is measured 67 km from the centre, at Ustica.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Frankfurt: 1991-2020 normals, Frankfurt Westend (2 km from centre). Palermo: 1991-2020 (sunshine 1961-1990) normals, Palermo / Punta Raisi (24.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFrankfurtPalermo
Official languageGermanItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation101 m14 m
Main airportFrankfurt Main Airport (FRA)13 km from centre281 non-stop destinationsFalcone–Borsellino Airport (PMO)25 km from centre106 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFrankfurtPalermo
City population760,656630,167
People per km²3,0633,924
Museums within 10 km5342
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.