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Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge
Palms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue, West Palm Beach
West Palm BeachPalms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue

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

London 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 London for

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose West Palm Beach for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • wellness

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. London 25, West Palm Beach 80: West Palm Beach leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. London 84, West Palm Beach 52: London leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. London 94, West Palm Beach 42: London leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. London 88, West Palm Beach 36: London leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. London 57, West Palm Beach 58: West Palm Beach leads by 1 points.
Day trips. London 90, West Palm Beach 55: London leads by 35 points.
Good for families. London 82, West Palm Beach 66: London leads by 16 points.
Getting around. London 85, West Palm Beach 38: London leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. London 95, West Palm Beach 64: London leads by 31 points.
Affordability. London 15, West Palm Beach 23: West Palm Beach leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. London 98, West Palm Beach 47: London leads by 51 points.
Wellness & relaxation. London 40, West Palm Beach 44: West Palm Beach leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: London and West Palm Beach.

Your match

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

London
Best match
71match

Wins on culture and sights and nightlife with your weighting.

West Palm Beach
50match

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.

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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LondonWest Palm Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre). West Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLondonWest Palm Beach
Official languageEnglish-
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999911
Elevation4 m6 m
Main airportLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinationsPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLondonWest Palm Beach
City population8,799,728117,415
People per km²5,598786
Museums within 10 km2164
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.