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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 terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía, Santiago
SantiagoThe terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía

Photos: Palm Beach by Khowald, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Santiago by Rjcastillo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Palm Beach or Santiago?

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 Santiago for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Santiago’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, Santiago 12: Palm Beach leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Palm Beach 47, Santiago 60: Santiago leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Palm Beach 45, Santiago 52: Santiago leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Palm Beach 32, Santiago 60: Santiago leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Palm Beach 58, Santiago 83: Santiago leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Palm Beach 55, Santiago 70: Santiago leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Palm Beach 62, Santiago 57: Palm Beach leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Palm Beach 32, Santiago 68: Santiago leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Palm Beach 66, Santiago 52: Palm Beach leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Palm Beach 12, Santiago 58: Santiago leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Palm Beach 45, Santiago 55: Santiago leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Palm Beach 55, Santiago 37: Palm Beach leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Palm Beach and Santiago.

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.

Santiago
Best match
55match

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

Santiago in July

14 °Cdaytime high
4 °Cnight-time low
52 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Palm BeachSantiago

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (6.8 km from centre). Santiago: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago Q. Normal (3.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePalm BeachSantiago
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number911Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation2 m575 m
Main airportPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)14 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePalm BeachSantiago
City population9,2456,257,516
People per km²3227,468
Museums within 10 km454
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.