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The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind
Palms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue, West Palm Beach
West Palm BeachPalms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue

Photos: Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; West Palm Beach by Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Tirana 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 Tirana for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • getting around

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

Choose West Palm Beach for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • families

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. Tirana 46, West Palm Beach 80: West Palm Beach leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Tirana 57, West Palm Beach 52: Tirana leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Tirana and West Palm Beach are level on 42.
Nightlife. Tirana 58, West Palm Beach 36: Tirana leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tirana 62, West Palm Beach 58: Tirana leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Tirana 64, West Palm Beach 55: Tirana leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Tirana 40, West Palm Beach 66: West Palm Beach leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Tirana 54, West Palm Beach 38: Tirana leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Tirana 32, West Palm Beach 64: West Palm Beach leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Tirana 76, West Palm Beach 23: Tirana leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tirana 32, West Palm Beach 47: West Palm Beach leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tirana 27, West Palm Beach 44: West Palm Beach leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tirana and West Palm Beach.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Tirana
49match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

West Palm Beach
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.

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre). West Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTiranaWest Palm Beach
Official languageAlbanian-
CurrencyLek (ALL)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation110 m6 m
Main airportTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinationsPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureTiranaWest Palm Beach
City population389,323117,415
People per km²9,314786
Museums within 10 km114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months12 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). 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. 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.