West Palm Beach
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About
West Palm Beach is a city in and the county seat of Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. It is located immediately to the west of the adjacent Palm Beach, which is situated on a barrier island across the Lake Worth Lagoon.
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Why visit
Visit West Palm Beach when the trip needs coast, rest, and a practical base rather than a dense museum itinerary. The cultural value is usually in music, theater, and performance, landscape, water, gardens, and nearby routes, plus the everyday details around beaches, ports, markets, food, religious sites, and nearby towns. Use the destination honestly. If the main reason to be there is water, light, landscape, or easy logistics, let that be the plan. Then add one or two cultural stops that explain the place beyond the hotel zone, such as a local church, harbor, nature reserve, craft area, market, or older settlement nearby.
When to avoid
Do not choose West Palm Beach if you would be disappointed by resort infrastructure, seasonal closures, or a trip that depends heavily on transport. Beach areas can be crowded, expensive, or thin on cultural depth outside a few well-chosen stops. For West Palm Beach, the transport problem can be as important as the cultural list. For West Palm Beach, do not make weak transit carry the whole day; use a ride or car when it keeps the route sensible.
Hot wet summer
In West Palm Beach, the warm season usually means June through August. For West Palm Beach, the practical season is shaped by heat, glare, rain, and humidity rather than by summer alone. A warm day in West Palm Beach works best when outdoor observation is broken up by museums, churches, cafes, or galleries. Plan West Palm Beach so the hardest walking does not fall in the least comfortable part of the day.
Warm dry winter
The cooler, drier, or less humid months change the practical rhythm in West Palm Beach. For a visitor, the main question is whether rain, humidity, rough seas, wind, or reduced services will limit walks, boats, beaches, and day trips. For West Palm Beach, quieter viewpoints, birdwatching, museums, churches, cafes, and nearby towns can carry this season. Use West Palm Beach with shorter outdoor sections, checked access, and a reliable return route.
The next week in West Palm Beach
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Thunderstorm
30° / 24°
UV Very high
Sat
Thunderstorm
29° / 22°
UV Very high
Sun
Drizzle
29° / 24°
4.5 mm
UV High
Mon
Drizzle
29° / 26°
3.5 mm
UV Very high
Tue
Showers
30° / 26°
4.0 mm
UV Very high
Wed
Overcast
29° / 27°
UV Very high
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
33° / 18°
Typical high / low
4 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
13.4h
06:33 – 19:59local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near West Palm Beach
3 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) at 4 km.
Getting around West Palm Beach
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.