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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 old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress

Photos: Palm Beach by Khowald, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License.

Palm Beach or Salzburg?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Salzburg for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Salzburg’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, Salzburg 35: Palm Beach leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Palm Beach 47, Salzburg 45: Palm Beach leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Palm Beach 45, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Palm Beach 32, Salzburg 25: Palm Beach leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Palm Beach 58, Salzburg 86: Salzburg leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Palm Beach 55, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Palm Beach 62, Salzburg 65: Salzburg leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Palm Beach 32, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Palm Beach 66, Salzburg 48: Palm Beach leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Palm Beach 12, Salzburg 32: Salzburg leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Palm Beach 45, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Palm Beach and Salzburg 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 Salzburg.

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.

Salzburg
Best match
58match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Palm BeachSalzburg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (6.8 km from centre). Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePalm BeachSalzburg
Official language-German, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2 m424 m
Main airportPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePalm BeachSalzburg
City population9,245155,021
People per km²3222,360
Museums within 10 km438
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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.