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The city from Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik
ReykjavikThe city from Hallgrímskirkja
Palms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue, West Palm Beach
West Palm BeachPalms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue

Photos: Reykjavik by Atlantic Ambience, Pexels License; West Palm Beach by Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Reykjavik or West Palm Beach?

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 Reykjavik for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose West Palm Beach for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on West Palm Beach’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. Reykjavik 12, West Palm Beach 80: West Palm Beach leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Reykjavik 42, West Palm Beach 52: West Palm Beach leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Reykjavik 25, West Palm Beach 42: West Palm Beach leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Reykjavik 45, West Palm Beach 36: Reykjavik leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Reykjavik 92, West Palm Beach 58: Reykjavik leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Reykjavik 35, West Palm Beach 55: West Palm Beach leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Reykjavik 55, West Palm Beach 66: West Palm Beach leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Reykjavik 55, West Palm Beach 38: Reykjavik leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Reykjavik 25, West Palm Beach 64: West Palm Beach leads by 39 points.
Affordability. Reykjavik 6, West Palm Beach 23: West Palm Beach leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Reykjavik 45, West Palm Beach 47: West Palm Beach leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Reykjavik 88, West Palm Beach 44: Reykjavik leads by 44 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Reykjavik and West Palm Beach.

Your match

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

Reykjavik
44match

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

West Palm Beach
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Reykjavik in July

15 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
20 hdaylight a day

West 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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ReykjavikWest Palm Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Reykjavik: 1991-2020 normals, Reykjavik (2.3 km from centre). West Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureReykjavikWest Palm Beach
Official languageIcelandic-
CurrencyIceland Krona (ISK)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTCUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation8 m6 m
Main airportKeflavik International Airport (KEF)37 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureReykjavikWest Palm Beach
City population138,772117,415
People per km²569786
Museums within 10 km234
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.