VacationSelector
Palms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue, West Palm Beach
West Palm BeachPalms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue
The Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky, Xi'an
Xi'anThe Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky

Photos: West Palm Beach by Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Xi'an by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

West Palm Beach or Xi'an?

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 West Palm Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • shopping

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

Choose Xi'an for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Xi'an’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. West Palm Beach 80, Xi'an 4: West Palm Beach leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. West Palm Beach 52, Xi'an 70: Xi'an leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. West Palm Beach 42, Xi'an 81: Xi'an leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. West Palm Beach 36, Xi'an 42: Xi'an leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. West Palm Beach 58, Xi'an 62: Xi'an leads by 4 points.
Day trips. West Palm Beach 55, Xi'an 80: Xi'an leads by 25 points.
Good for families. West Palm Beach 66, Xi'an 48: West Palm Beach leads by 18 points.
Getting around. West Palm Beach 38, Xi'an 66: Xi'an leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. West Palm Beach 64, Xi'an 50: West Palm Beach leads by 14 points.
Affordability. West Palm Beach 23, Xi'an 80: Xi'an leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. West Palm Beach 47, Xi'an 40: West Palm Beach leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. West Palm Beach 44, Xi'an 40: West Palm Beach leads by 4 points.
0255075100

What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: West Palm Beach and Xi'an.

Your match

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

West Palm Beach
50match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Xi'an
Best match
55match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Xi'an in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

0°10°20°30°40°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

050100150200250JFMAMJJASOND
West Palm BeachXi'an

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. West Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (5.8 km from centre). Xi'an: 1991-2020 normals, Xi'An (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureWest Palm BeachXi'an
Official language-Putonghua
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation6 m405 m
Main airportPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsXi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY)26 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureWest Palm BeachXi'an
City population117,41512,952,907
People per km²7861,283
Museums within 10 km49
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow West Palm Beach or Xi'an somewhere new.

Browse every destination

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. 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.