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The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water
Whitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum, Palm Beach
Palm BeachWhitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum

Photos: Hamburg by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Palm Beach by Khowald, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Hamburg 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 Hamburg for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Palm Beach for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Hamburg 28, Palm Beach 82: Palm Beach leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Hamburg 55, Palm Beach 47: Hamburg leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Hamburg 62, Palm Beach 45: Hamburg leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Hamburg 76, Palm Beach 32: Hamburg leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hamburg 52, Palm Beach 58: Palm Beach leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Hamburg 70, Palm Beach 55: Hamburg leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Hamburg 74, Palm Beach 62: Hamburg leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Hamburg 80, Palm Beach 32: Hamburg leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Hamburg 65, Palm Beach 66: Palm Beach leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Hamburg 38, Palm Beach 12: Hamburg leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hamburg 80, Palm Beach 45: Hamburg leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hamburg 44, Palm Beach 55: Palm Beach leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hamburg and Palm Beach.

Your match

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

Hamburg
Best match
60match

Wins on getting around and nightlife 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.

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 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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HamburgPalm Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre). Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (6.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHamburgPalm 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
Elevation6 m2 m
Main airportHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 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

MeasureHamburgPalm Beach
City population1,869,4739,245
People per km²2,476322
Museums within 10 km774
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). 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.