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The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz
Palms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue, West Palm Beach
West Palm BeachPalms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue

Photos: Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped; West Palm Beach by Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Vienna 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 Vienna for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose West Palm Beach for

  • beaches
  • shopping

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. Vienna 27, West Palm Beach 80: West Palm Beach leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. Vienna 68, West Palm Beach 52: Vienna leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Vienna 89, West Palm Beach 42: Vienna leads by 47 points.
Nightlife. Vienna 50, West Palm Beach 36: Vienna leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Vienna 62, West Palm Beach 58: Vienna leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Vienna 74, West Palm Beach 55: Vienna leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Vienna 77, West Palm Beach 66: Vienna leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Vienna 90, West Palm Beach 38: Vienna leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Vienna 62, West Palm Beach 64: West Palm Beach leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Vienna 44, West Palm Beach 23: Vienna leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Vienna 96, West Palm Beach 47: Vienna leads by 49 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Vienna 58, West Palm Beach 44: Vienna leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Vienna and West Palm Beach.

Your match

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

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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.

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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ViennaWest Palm Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre). West Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureViennaWest Palm Beach
Official languageGerman, Austrian Sign Language-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation151 m6 m
Main airportVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 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

MeasureViennaWest Palm Beach
City population2,028,289117,415
People per km²4,890786
Museums within 10 km1524
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.