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Palms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue, West Palm Beach
West Palm BeachPalms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue
The Limmat from Quaibrücke, Zurich
ZurichThe Limmat from Quaibrücke

Photos: West Palm Beach by Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Zurich by Daniel Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

West Palm Beach or Zurich?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Zurich for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Zurich’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, Zurich 45: West Palm Beach leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. West Palm Beach 52, Zurich 53: Zurich leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. West Palm Beach 42, Zurich 58: Zurich leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. West Palm Beach 36, Zurich 62: Zurich leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. West Palm Beach 58, Zurich 80: Zurich leads by 22 points.
Day trips. West Palm Beach 55, Zurich 84: Zurich leads by 29 points.
Good for families. West Palm Beach 66, Zurich 76: Zurich leads by 10 points.
Getting around. West Palm Beach 38, Zurich 95: Zurich leads by 57 points.
Shopping & style. West Palm Beach 64, Zurich 66: Zurich leads by 2 points.
Affordability. West Palm Beach 23, Zurich 3: West Palm Beach leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. West Palm Beach 47, Zurich 70: Zurich leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. West Palm Beach 44, Zurich 58: Zurich leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: West Palm Beach and Zurich.

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 prices with your weighting.

Zurich
Best match
63match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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

Zurich in July

24 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
126 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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West Palm BeachZurich

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). Zurich: 1991-2020 normals, Zurich Town / Ville. (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureWest Palm BeachZurich
Official language-French, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation6 m408 m
Main airportPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)9 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureWest Palm BeachZurich
City population117,415440,935
People per km²7865,016
Museums within 10 km463
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.