Palau landscape

Oceania

PW flag

Palau

Capital Melekeok · 17,907 people · Dollar

Photo by Massimo Virgilio on Unsplash

  • Climate
    Warm
    28–31°

Top cities

No cities listed for this country yet.

Map of Palau
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Airports in Palau

Air connectivity
1airports
major gateways
Limited data

Babelthuap Airport is Palau's busiest gateway.

1 major airports. Tap any to see its nearest cities and how far they are.

By traffic
busiest first · 1 airports
  • Babelthuap AirportBabelthuap Island
    ROR

Good to know — passenger volume is total throughput, not direct-route breadth; a large hub can still lack flights to your region. Learn how we measure this →

1 airportsupdated 2026Medium confidence

Passport strength in Palau

Full analysis
Global rank
#44globally
by mobility
Moderate

Palau's passport offers solid global access.

Mobility
#44110 destinations
GDP reach
#5858.6% of world GDP
Heritage
#71785 of 1,353 UNESCO sites
Visa-free reach
where this passport opens doors

Good to know — a mobility rank counts how many destinations you can enter, not how useful they are; a strong passport can still gate the one place you care about. Learn how we measure this →

Henley Passport Indexupdated 2026High confidence

Climate in Palau

Climate character
28°31°
feels-like, coldest to hottest month

Warm summers, gentle winters.

Across its cities, summer highs top out near 31°C feels-like while the coldest spots dip to around 28°C.

Feels-like °C — monthly range across cities

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Warmest cityCoolest cityShaded = spread across cities

Good to know— a country isn't one climate but a range; the extremes here are different cities, not the same place across seasons. Learn how we measure this →

1 citiesupdated 2026Medium confidence

Who thrives in Palau

A handful of lifestyles thrive in Palau.

Fit is scored per lifestyle and anchored to the cities that serve each best — Clean Air Seeker leads. Pick one to see exactly where it works.

Great fit

Clean Air Seeker
Excellent
Winter Escapist
Excellent
Eternal Summer
Very Good

Decent fit

Sunshine Lover
Fair

Good to know — fit is by city, not country; a lifestyle that thrives here may only do so in one or two of its cities. Learn how we measure this →

4 lifestylesupdated 2026Medium confidence