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Whitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum, Palm Beach
Palm BeachWhitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum
The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro

Photos: Palm Beach by Khowald, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Palm Beach or Paris?

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 Palm Beach for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Paris for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Paris’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. Palm Beach 82, Paris 9: Palm Beach leads by 73 points.
Food & drink. Palm Beach 47, Paris 96: Paris leads by 49 points.
Culture & sights. Palm Beach 45, Paris 97: Paris leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Palm Beach 32, Paris 80: Paris leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Palm Beach 58, Paris 52: Palm Beach leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Palm Beach 55, Paris 92: Paris leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Palm Beach 62, Paris 79: Paris leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Palm Beach 32, Paris 88: Paris leads by 56 points.
Shopping & style. Palm Beach 66, Paris 98: Paris leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Palm Beach 12, Paris 25: Paris leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Palm Beach 45, Paris 88: Paris leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Palm Beach 55, Paris 40: Palm Beach leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Palm Beach and Paris.

Your match

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

Palm Beach
49match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Palm Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No seasea
16 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. Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (6.8 km from centre). Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePalm BeachParis
Official language-French
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2 m27 m
Main airportPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePalm BeachParis
City population9,2452,103,778
People per km²32219,960
Museums within 10 km4251
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under 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.