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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
Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France

Photos: Palm Beach by Khowald, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License.

Palm Beach or Strasbourg?

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 Strasbourg for

  • getting around
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Strasbourg’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, Strasbourg 10: Palm Beach leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Palm Beach 47, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Palm Beach 45, Strasbourg 70: Strasbourg leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Palm Beach 32, Strasbourg 40: Strasbourg leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Palm Beach 58, Strasbourg 62: Strasbourg leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Palm Beach 55, Strasbourg 80: Strasbourg leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Palm Beach 62, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Palm Beach 32, Strasbourg 79: Strasbourg leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Palm Beach 66, Strasbourg 52: Palm Beach leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Palm Beach 12, Strasbourg 44: Strasbourg leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Palm Beach 45, Strasbourg 56: Strasbourg leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Palm Beach and Strasbourg 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 Strasbourg.

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.

Strasbourg
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around and prices 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

Strasbourg in July

26 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
8 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 BeachStrasbourg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (6.8 km from centre). Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePalm BeachStrasbourg
Official language-French
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2 m132 m
Main airportPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePalm BeachStrasbourg
City population9,245293,771
People per km²3223,752
Museums within 10 km421
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. 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.