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Palms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue, West Palm Beach
West Palm BeachPalms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: West Palm Beach by Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

West Palm Beach or Zagreb?

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
  • shopping
  • families

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

Choose Zagreb for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Zagreb’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, Zagreb 10: West Palm Beach leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. West Palm Beach 52, Zagreb 55: Zagreb leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. West Palm Beach 42, Zagreb 56: Zagreb leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. West Palm Beach 36, Zagreb 47: Zagreb leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. West Palm Beach 58, Zagreb 62: Zagreb leads by 4 points.
Day trips. West Palm Beach 55, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 5 points.
Good for families. West Palm Beach 66, Zagreb 52: West Palm Beach leads by 14 points.
Getting around. West Palm Beach 38, Zagreb 70: Zagreb leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. West Palm Beach 64, Zagreb 40: West Palm Beach leads by 24 points.
Affordability. West Palm Beach 23, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. West Palm Beach 47, Zagreb 52: Zagreb leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. West Palm Beach 44, Zagreb 33: West Palm Beach leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: West Palm Beach and Zagreb.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

West Palm Beach
50match

Wins on beaches and shopping with your weighting.

Zagreb
50match

Wins on prices and getting around 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

Zagreb in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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West Palm BeachZagreb

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). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureWest Palm BeachZagreb
Official language-Croatian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation6 m127 m
Main airportPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureWest Palm BeachZagreb
City population117,415767,131
People per km²786-
Museums within 10 km427
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.