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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 White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade

Photos: Palm Beach by Khowald, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Palm Beach or Thessaloniki?

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 Thessaloniki for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Thessaloniki’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, Thessaloniki 55: Palm Beach leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Palm Beach 47, Thessaloniki 77: Thessaloniki leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Palm Beach 45, Thessaloniki 73: Thessaloniki leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Palm Beach 32, Thessaloniki 76: Thessaloniki leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Palm Beach 58, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Palm Beach 55, Thessaloniki 74: Thessaloniki leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Palm Beach 62, Thessaloniki 50: Palm Beach leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Palm Beach 32, Thessaloniki 60: Thessaloniki leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Palm Beach 66, Thessaloniki 50: Palm Beach leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Palm Beach 12, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 54 points.
Live music & performing arts. Palm Beach 45, Thessaloniki 52: Thessaloniki leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Palm Beach 55, Thessaloniki 33: Palm Beach leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Palm Beach and Thessaloniki.

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.

Thessaloniki
Best match
61match

Wins on prices 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

Thessaloniki in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Palm BeachThessaloniki

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (6.8 km from centre). Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePalm BeachThessaloniki
Official language-Greek
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2 m6 m
Main airportPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasurePalm BeachThessaloniki
City population9,245309,617
People per km²32216,042
Museums within 10 km432
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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.