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Palermo Cathedral, Palermo
PalermoPalermo Cathedral
The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70

Photos: Palermo by Antonino Giangrasso, Pexels License; Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

Palermo or Seattle?

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 Palermo for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Seattle for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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. Palermo 77, Seattle 30: Palermo leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Palermo 81, Seattle 66: Palermo leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Palermo 80, Seattle 50: Palermo leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Palermo 58, Seattle 55: Palermo leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Palermo 72, Seattle 87: Seattle leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Palermo 84, Seattle 55: Palermo leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Palermo 44, Seattle 64: Seattle leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Palermo 50, Seattle 60: Seattle leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Palermo 44, Seattle 52: Seattle leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Palermo 63, Seattle 22: Palermo leads by 41 points.
Live music & performing arts. Palermo 62, Seattle 70: Seattle leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Palermo 30, Seattle 40: Seattle leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Palermo and Seattle.

Your match

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

Palermo
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Seattle
54match

Wins on families 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.

Palermo in July

29 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Palermo 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.

Palermo's sunshine is measured 67 km from the centre, at Ustica.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Palermo: 1991-2020 (sunshine 1961-1990) normals, Palermo / Punta Raisi (24.1 km from centre). Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePalermoSeattle
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
Elevation14 m40 m
Main airportFalcone–Borsellino Airport (PMO)25 km from centre106 non-stop destinationsSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePalermoSeattle
City population630,167737,015
People per km²3,9241,996
Museums within 10 km4227
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

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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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.