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Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas
Palms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue, West Palm Beach
West Palm BeachPalms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue

Photos: Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; West Palm Beach by Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Maastricht 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 Maastricht for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose West Palm Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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. Maastricht 8, West Palm Beach 80: West Palm Beach leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Maastricht 58, West Palm Beach 52: Maastricht leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Maastricht 60, West Palm Beach 42: Maastricht leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Maastricht 42, West Palm Beach 36: Maastricht leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Maastricht and West Palm Beach are level on 58.
Day trips. Maastricht 77, West Palm Beach 55: Maastricht leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Maastricht 55, West Palm Beach 66: West Palm Beach leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Maastricht 74, West Palm Beach 38: Maastricht leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Maastricht 60, West Palm Beach 64: West Palm Beach leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Maastricht 38, West Palm Beach 23: Maastricht leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Maastricht 40, West Palm Beach 47: West Palm Beach leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Maastricht 52, West Palm Beach 44: Maastricht leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Maastricht and West Palm Beach.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Maastricht
52match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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.

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 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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MaastrichtWest Palm Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre). West Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMaastrichtWest Palm Beach
Official languageDutch-
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
Elevation49 m6 m
Main airportMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMaastrichtWest Palm Beach
City population120,227117,415
People per km²2,000786
Museums within 10 km214
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.