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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
A madrasa and its minarets on the Registan, Samarkand
SamarkandA madrasa and its minarets on the Registan

Photos: Palm Beach by Khowald, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Samarkand by Yaşar Başkurt, Pexels License.

Palm Beach or Samarkand?

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
  • families
  • shopping

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

Choose Samarkand for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Samarkand’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, Samarkand 4: Palm Beach leads by 78 points.
Food & drink. Palm Beach 47, Samarkand 54: Samarkand leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Palm Beach 45, Samarkand 84: Samarkand leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Palm Beach 32, Samarkand 14: Palm Beach leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Palm Beach 58, Samarkand 40: Palm Beach leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Palm Beach 55, Samarkand 72: Samarkand leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Palm Beach 62, Samarkand 30: Palm Beach leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Palm Beach 32, Samarkand 58: Samarkand leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Palm Beach 66, Samarkand 42: Palm Beach leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Palm Beach 12, Samarkand 80: Samarkand leads by 68 points.
Live music & performing arts. Palm Beach 45, Samarkand 24: Palm Beach leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Palm Beach 55, Samarkand 32: Palm Beach leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Palm Beach and Samarkand.

Your match

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

Palm Beach
Best match
49match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Samarkand
45match

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
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Samarkand in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Palm BeachSamarkand

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (6.8 km from centre). Samarkand: 1991-2020 normals, Samarkand (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePalm BeachSamarkand
Official language-Uzbek
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Uzbekistan Sum (UZS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+5
Emergency number911112
Elevation2 m702 m
Main airportPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsSamarkand International Airport (SKD)5 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasurePalm BeachSamarkand
City population9,245546,303
People per km²3225,058
Museums within 10 km411
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.