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The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo
Whitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum, Palm Beach
Palm BeachWhitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum

Photos: Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Palm Beach by Khowald, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Monaco 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 Monaco for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Palm Beach for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • prices

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. Monaco 68, Palm Beach 82: Palm Beach leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Monaco 57, Palm Beach 47: Monaco leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Monaco 55, Palm Beach 45: Monaco leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Monaco 48, Palm Beach 32: Monaco leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Monaco 70, Palm Beach 58: Monaco leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Monaco 84, Palm Beach 55: Monaco leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Monaco 60, Palm Beach 62: Palm Beach leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Monaco 78, Palm Beach 32: Monaco leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Monaco 52, Palm Beach 66: Palm Beach leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Monaco 3, Palm Beach 12: Palm Beach leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Monaco 63, Palm Beach 45: Monaco leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Monaco and Palm Beach are level on 55.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Monaco and Palm Beach.

Your match

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

Monaco
Best match
58match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Palm Beach
49match

Wins on beaches and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Monaco in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °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. Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre). Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (6.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMonacoPalm Beach
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCEF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation68 m2 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMonacoPalm Beach
City population38,8579,245
People per km²18,503322
Museums within 10 km144
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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). 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. Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. 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.