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The cathedral from Piazza del Duomo, Milan
MilanThe cathedral from Piazza del Duomo
Palm Springs

Photos: Milan by Jiuguang Wang, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Milan or Palm Springs?

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 Milan for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • shopping

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

Choose Palm Springs for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Palm Springs’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. Milan 20, Palm Springs 7: Milan leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Milan 78, Palm Springs 40: Milan leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Milan 78, Palm Springs 42: Milan leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Milan 66, Palm Springs 36: Milan leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Milan 65, Palm Springs 78: Palm Springs leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Milan 91, Palm Springs 38: Milan leads by 53 points.
Good for families. Milan 55, Palm Springs 40: Milan leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Milan 79, Palm Springs 22: Milan leads by 57 points.
Shopping & style. Milan 92, Palm Springs 44: Milan leads by 48 points.
Affordability. Milan 33, Palm Springs 32: Milan leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Milan 82, Palm Springs 40: Milan leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Milan 42, Palm Springs 80: Palm Springs leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Milan and Palm Springs.

Your match

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

Milan
Best match
65match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Palm Springs
42match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Milan in July

30 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Palm Springs in July

42 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Milan has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Milan's sunshine is measured 41 km from the centre, at Novara / Cameri.

Palm Springs has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Milan: 1991-2020 normals, Milano / Linate (8 km from centre). Palm Springs: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Palm Springs (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMilanPalm Springs
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation138 m146 m
Main airportMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)40 km from centre208 non-stop destinationsPalm Springs International Airport (PSP)2 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMilanPalm Springs
City population1,354,19644,575
People per km²7,453181
Museums within 10 km883
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.