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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
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Palm Beach by Khowald, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Palm Beach or Quebec City?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Quebec City for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Quebec City’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, Quebec City 18: Palm Beach leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Palm Beach 47, Quebec City 57: Quebec City leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Palm Beach 45, Quebec City 70: Quebec City leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Palm Beach 32, Quebec City 42: Quebec City leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Palm Beach 58, Quebec City 79: Quebec City leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Palm Beach 55, Quebec City 58: Quebec City leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Palm Beach 62, Quebec City 64: Quebec City leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Palm Beach 32, Quebec City 50: Quebec City leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Palm Beach 66, Quebec City 45: Palm Beach leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Palm Beach 12, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Palm Beach 45, Quebec City 52: Quebec City leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Palm Beach and Quebec City are level on 55.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Palm Beach and Quebec City.

Your match

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

Palm Beach
49match

Wins on beaches and shopping with your weighting.

Quebec City
Best match
53match

Wins on prices 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

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 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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Palm BeachQuebec City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (6.8 km from centre). Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePalm BeachQuebec City
Official language-French, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation2 m98 m
Main airportPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasurePalm BeachQuebec City
City population9,245574,482
People per km²3221,184
Museums within 10 km416
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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. 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.