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A madrasa and its minarets on the Registan, Samarkand
SamarkandA madrasa and its minarets on the Registan
Palms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue, West Palm Beach
West Palm BeachPalms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue

Photos: Samarkand by Yaşar Başkurt, Pexels License; West Palm Beach by Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Samarkand 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 Samarkand for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose West Palm Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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. Samarkand 4, West Palm Beach 80: West Palm Beach leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Samarkand 54, West Palm Beach 52: Samarkand leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Samarkand 84, West Palm Beach 42: Samarkand leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Samarkand 14, West Palm Beach 36: West Palm Beach leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Samarkand 40, West Palm Beach 58: West Palm Beach leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Samarkand 72, West Palm Beach 55: Samarkand leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Samarkand 30, West Palm Beach 66: West Palm Beach leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Samarkand 58, West Palm Beach 38: Samarkand leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Samarkand 42, West Palm Beach 64: West Palm Beach leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Samarkand 80, West Palm Beach 23: Samarkand leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Samarkand 24, West Palm Beach 47: West Palm Beach leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Samarkand 32, West Palm Beach 44: West Palm Beach leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Samarkand and West Palm Beach.

Your match

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

Samarkand
45match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

West Palm Beach
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Samarkand in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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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SamarkandWest Palm Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Samarkand: 1991-2020 normals, Samarkand (10 km from centre). West Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSamarkandWest Palm Beach
Official languageUzbek-
CurrencyUzbekistan Sum (UZS)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+5UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation702 m6 m
Main airportSamarkand International Airport (SKD)5 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSamarkandWest Palm Beach
City population546,303117,415
People per km²5,058786
Museums within 10 km114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.