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Senate Square and the statue of Alexander II, Helsinki
HelsinkiSenate Square and the statue of Alexander II
Whitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum, Palm Beach
Palm BeachWhitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum

Photos: Helsinki by Ximonic (Simo Räsänen), CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Palm Beach by Khowald, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Helsinki 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 Helsinki for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • nightlife

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

Choose Palm Beach for

  • beaches
  • shopping

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. Helsinki 28, Palm Beach 82: Palm Beach leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Helsinki 52, Palm Beach 47: Helsinki leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Helsinki 60, Palm Beach 45: Helsinki leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Helsinki 50, Palm Beach 32: Helsinki leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Helsinki and Palm Beach are level on 58.
Day trips. Helsinki 62, Palm Beach 55: Helsinki leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Helsinki 76, Palm Beach 62: Helsinki leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Helsinki 86, Palm Beach 32: Helsinki leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Helsinki 62, Palm Beach 66: Palm Beach leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Helsinki 30, Palm Beach 12: Helsinki leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Helsinki 63, Palm Beach 45: Helsinki leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Helsinki 82, Palm Beach 55: Helsinki leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Helsinki and Palm Beach.

Your match

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

Helsinki
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around and wellness with your weighting.

Palm Beach
49match

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.

Helsinki in July

22 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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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HelsinkiPalm Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Helsinki: 1991-2020 normals, Helsinki Kaisaniemi / Harju (1.6 km from centre). Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (6.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHelsinkiPalm Beach
Official languageFinnish, Swedish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation17 m2 m
Main airportHelsinki Vantaa Airport (HEL)16 km from centre136 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

MeasureHelsinkiPalm Beach
City population694,3929,245
People per km²3,239322
Museums within 10 km744
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. 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.