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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 Limmat from Quaibrücke, Zurich
ZurichThe Limmat from Quaibrücke

Photos: Palm Beach by Khowald, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Zurich by Daniel Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Palm Beach or Zurich?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Zurich for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Zurich’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, Zurich 45: Palm Beach leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Palm Beach 47, Zurich 53: Zurich leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Palm Beach 45, Zurich 58: Zurich leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Palm Beach 32, Zurich 62: Zurich leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Palm Beach 58, Zurich 80: Zurich leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Palm Beach 55, Zurich 84: Zurich leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Palm Beach 62, Zurich 76: Zurich leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Palm Beach 32, Zurich 95: Zurich leads by 63 points.
Shopping & style. Palm Beach and Zurich are level on 66.
Affordability. Palm Beach 12, Zurich 3: Palm Beach leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Palm Beach 45, Zurich 70: Zurich leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Palm Beach 55, Zurich 58: Zurich leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Palm Beach and Zurich.

Your match

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

Palm Beach
49match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Zurich
Best match
63match

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

Zurich in July

24 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
126 mmrain in the month
7 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 BeachZurich

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (6.8 km from centre). Zurich: 1991-2020 normals, Zurich Town / Ville. (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePalm BeachZurich
Official language-French, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2 m408 m
Main airportPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)9 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasurePalm BeachZurich
City population9,245440,935
People per km²3225,016
Museums within 10 km463
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.