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The Römer, the old city hall, Frankfurt
FrankfurtThe Römer, the old city hall
Palms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue, West Palm Beach
West Palm BeachPalms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue

Photos: Frankfurt by Thomas Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, cropped; West Palm Beach by Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Frankfurt or West 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 Frankfurt for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose West Palm Beach for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on West 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. Frankfurt 8, West Palm Beach 80: West Palm Beach leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Frankfurt and West Palm Beach are level on 52.
Culture & sights. Frankfurt 60, West Palm Beach 42: Frankfurt leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Frankfurt 52, West Palm Beach 36: Frankfurt leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Frankfurt and West Palm Beach are level on 58.
Day trips. Frankfurt 86, West Palm Beach 55: Frankfurt leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Frankfurt 62, West Palm Beach 66: West Palm Beach leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Frankfurt 78, West Palm Beach 38: Frankfurt leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Frankfurt 56, West Palm Beach 64: West Palm Beach leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Frankfurt 38, West Palm Beach 23: Frankfurt leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Frankfurt 68, West Palm Beach 47: Frankfurt leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Frankfurt 52, West Palm Beach 44: Frankfurt leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Frankfurt and West Palm Beach.

Your match

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

Frankfurt
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

West Palm Beach
50match

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.

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

West 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. Frankfurt: 1991-2020 normals, Frankfurt Westend (2 km from centre). West Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFrankfurtWest Palm 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
Elevation101 m6 m
Main airportFrankfurt Main Airport (FRA)13 km from centre281 non-stop destinationsPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFrankfurtWest Palm Beach
City population760,656117,415
People per km²3,063786
Museums within 10 km534
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.