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The Blue Mosque, Istanbul
IstanbulThe Blue Mosque
Palms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue, West Palm Beach
West Palm BeachPalms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue

Photos: Istanbul by AXP Photography, Pexels License; West Palm Beach by Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Istanbul 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 Istanbul for

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose West Palm Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Istanbul 45, West Palm Beach 80: West Palm Beach leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Istanbul 87, West Palm Beach 52: Istanbul leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Istanbul 90, West Palm Beach 42: Istanbul leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Istanbul 77, West Palm Beach 36: Istanbul leads by 41 points.
Nature & outdoors. Istanbul 52, West Palm Beach 58: West Palm Beach leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Istanbul and West Palm Beach are level on 55.
Good for families. Istanbul 55, West Palm Beach 66: West Palm Beach leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Istanbul 62, West Palm Beach 38: Istanbul leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Istanbul 86, West Palm Beach 64: Istanbul leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Istanbul 60, West Palm Beach 23: Istanbul leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Istanbul 62, West Palm Beach 47: Istanbul leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Istanbul 75, West Palm Beach 44: Istanbul leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Istanbul and West Palm Beach.

Your match

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

Istanbul
Best match
67match

Wins on culture and sights and nightlife with your weighting.

West Palm Beach
50match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Istanbul in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 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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IstanbulWest Palm Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Istanbul: 1991-2020 normals, Istanbul / Goztepe (9.9 km from centre). West Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIstanbulWest Palm Beach
Official languageTurkish-
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation100 m6 m
Main airportİstanbul Airport (IST)36 km from centre343 non-stop destinationsPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureIstanbulWest Palm Beach
City population15,655,924117,415
People per km²2,930786
Museums within 10 km734
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months12 months

Where else could you go?

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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). 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. 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.