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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
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Palm Beach by Khowald, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Palm Beach or Perth?

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

  • shopping
  • wellness
  • day trips

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

Choose Perth for

  • getting around
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’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, Perth 86: Perth leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Palm Beach 47, Perth 58: Perth leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Palm Beach 45, Perth 42: Palm Beach leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Palm Beach 32, Perth 42: Perth leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Palm Beach 58, Perth 72: Perth leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Palm Beach 55, Perth 48: Palm Beach leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Palm Beach 62, Perth 74: Perth leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Palm Beach 32, Perth 55: Perth leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Palm Beach 66, Perth 44: Palm Beach leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Palm Beach 12, Perth 28: Perth leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Palm Beach 45, Perth 50: Perth leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Palm Beach 55, Perth 38: Palm Beach leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Palm Beach and Perth.

Your match

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

Palm Beach
49match

Wins on shopping and wellness with your weighting.

Perth
Best match
53match

Wins on getting around and prices 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
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Palm BeachPerth

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (6.8 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePalm BeachPerth
Official language-English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911000
Elevation2 m2 m
Main airportPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePalm BeachPerth
City population9,2452,141,834
People per km²322334
Museums within 10 km415
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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). 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. 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.