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The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat
Whitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum, Palm Beach
Palm BeachWhitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum

Photos: Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Palm Beach by Khowald, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Geneva 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 Geneva for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Palm Beach for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • 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. Geneva 45, Palm Beach 82: Palm Beach leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Geneva 55, Palm Beach 47: Geneva leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Geneva 58, Palm Beach 45: Geneva leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Geneva 38, Palm Beach 32: Geneva leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Geneva 82, Palm Beach 58: Geneva leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Geneva 80, Palm Beach 55: Geneva leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Geneva 57, Palm Beach 62: Palm Beach leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Geneva 86, Palm Beach 32: Geneva leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Geneva 68, Palm Beach 66: Geneva leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Geneva 5, Palm Beach 12: Palm Beach leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Geneva 60, Palm Beach 45: Geneva leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Geneva and Palm Beach are level on 55.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Geneva and Palm Beach.

Your match

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

Geneva
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Palm Beach
49match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre). Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (6.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenevaPalm Beach
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, Romansh-
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation403 m2 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenevaPalm Beach
City population211,1529,245
People per km²13,280322
Museums within 10 km344
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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.