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A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street
Whitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum, Palm Beach
Palm BeachWhitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum

Photos: Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License; Palm Beach by Khowald, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Lisbon 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 Lisbon for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • getting around

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

Choose Palm Beach for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • 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. Lisbon 50, Palm Beach 82: Palm Beach leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Lisbon 75, Palm Beach 47: Lisbon leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Lisbon 78, Palm Beach 45: Lisbon leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Lisbon 75, Palm Beach 32: Lisbon leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lisbon 75, Palm Beach 58: Lisbon leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Lisbon 82, Palm Beach 55: Lisbon leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Lisbon and Palm Beach are level on 62.
Getting around. Lisbon 66, Palm Beach 32: Lisbon leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Lisbon 60, Palm Beach 66: Palm Beach leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Lisbon 55, Palm Beach 12: Lisbon leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lisbon 60, Palm Beach 45: Lisbon leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lisbon 36, Palm Beach 55: Palm Beach leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lisbon and Palm Beach.

Your match

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

Lisbon
Best match
65match

Wins on nightlife and prices 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.

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
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. Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre). Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (6.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLisbonPalm Beach
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation100 m2 m
Main airportLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 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

MeasureLisbonPalm Beach
City population545,7969,245
People per km²5,453322
Museums within 10 km804
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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). 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.