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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
Whitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum, Palm Beach
Palm BeachWhitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; Palm Beach by Khowald, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Mumbai 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 Mumbai for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Palm Beach for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • families

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. Mumbai 18, Palm Beach 82: Palm Beach leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, Palm Beach 47: Mumbai leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, Palm Beach 45: Mumbai leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai 52, Palm Beach 32: Mumbai leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai 55, Palm Beach 58: Palm Beach leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, Palm Beach 55: Palm Beach leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, Palm Beach 62: Palm Beach leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, Palm Beach 32: Mumbai leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai and Palm Beach are level on 66.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, Palm Beach 12: Mumbai leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai 55, Palm Beach 45: Mumbai leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, Palm Beach 55: Palm Beach leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and 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

Mumbai
51match

Wins on prices and food and drink 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.

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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. Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre). Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (6.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiPalm Beach
Official languageHindi, English-
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation14 m2 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiPalm Beach
City population15,414,2889,245
People per km²25,563322
Museums within 10 km14
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.