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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 Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Palm Beach by Khowald, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Palm Beach or Tromso?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: Palm Beach leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Palm Beach 47, Tromso 36: Palm Beach leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Palm Beach 45, Tromso 27: Palm Beach leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Palm Beach 32, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Palm Beach 58, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Palm Beach 55, Tromso 14: Palm Beach leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Palm Beach 62, Tromso 45: Palm Beach leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Palm Beach 32, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Palm Beach 66, Tromso 15: Palm Beach leads by 51 points.
Affordability. Palm Beach 12, Tromso 11: Palm Beach leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Palm Beach 45, Tromso 32: Palm Beach leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Palm Beach 55, Tromso 38: Palm Beach leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Palm Beach and Tromso.

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 shopping with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Palm BeachTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (6.8 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePalm BeachTromso
Official language-Norwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation2 m20 m
Main airportPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePalm BeachTromso
City population9,24579,943
People per km²32232
Museums within 10 km48
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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.