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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 Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Tower, Shanghai
ShanghaiThe Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Tower

Photos: Palm Beach by Khowald, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Shanghai by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Palm Beach or Shanghai?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Shanghai for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Shanghai’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, Shanghai 10: Palm Beach leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Palm Beach 47, Shanghai 88: Shanghai leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Palm Beach 45, Shanghai 72: Shanghai leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Palm Beach 32, Shanghai 80: Shanghai leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Palm Beach 58, Shanghai 25: Palm Beach leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Palm Beach 55, Shanghai 90: Shanghai leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Palm Beach 62, Shanghai 80: Shanghai leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Palm Beach 32, Shanghai 85: Shanghai leads by 53 points.
Shopping & style. Palm Beach 66, Shanghai 82: Shanghai leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Palm Beach 12, Shanghai 55: Shanghai leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Palm Beach 45, Shanghai 66: Shanghai leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Palm Beach and Shanghai 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 Shanghai.

Your match

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

Palm Beach
49match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Shanghai
Best match
66match

Wins on getting around and nightlife 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

Shanghai in July

33 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
151 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Palm BeachShanghai

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (6.8 km from centre). Shanghai: 1991-2020 normals, Shanghai / Hongqiao (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePalm BeachShanghai
Official language-Putonghua
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation2 m4 m
Main airportPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsShanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)33 km from centre207 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasurePalm BeachShanghai
City population9,24524,870,895
People per km²3223,922
Museums within 10 km445
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 months

Where else could you go?

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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.