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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
Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira

Photos: Palm Beach by Khowald, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Palm Beach or Porto?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Porto for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Porto’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, Porto 40: Palm Beach leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Palm Beach 47, Porto 70: Porto leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Palm Beach 45, Porto 68: Porto leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Palm Beach 32, Porto 65: Porto leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Palm Beach 58, Porto 64: Porto leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Palm Beach 55, Porto 79: Porto leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Palm Beach 62, Porto 52: Palm Beach leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Palm Beach 32, Porto 66: Porto leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Palm Beach 66, Porto 52: Palm Beach leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Palm Beach 12, Porto 62: Porto leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Palm Beach 45, Porto 52: Porto leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Palm Beach 55, Porto 34: Palm Beach leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Palm Beach and Porto.

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.

Porto
Best match
59match

Wins on prices and getting around 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

Porto in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
22 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Palm BeachPorto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (6.8 km from centre). Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePalm BeachPorto
Official language-Portuguese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2 m104 m
Main airportPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre133 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePalm BeachPorto
City population9,245273,476
People per km²3226,606
Museums within 10 km442
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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.