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The Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens
AthensThe Parthenon on the Acropolis
Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom

Photos: Athens by Ranjeet Kumar Singh, Pexels License; Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Athens or Orlando?

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 Athens for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Athens’s own page.

Choose Orlando for

  • families
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Orlando’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. Athens 70, Orlando 42: Athens leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Athens 78, Orlando 48: Athens leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Athens 88, Orlando 22: Athens leads by 66 points.
Nightlife. Athens 80, Orlando 40: Athens leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Athens 64, Orlando 46: Athens leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Athens 85, Orlando 58: Athens leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Athens 58, Orlando 98: Orlando leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Athens 66, Orlando 8: Athens leads by 58 points.
Shopping & style. Athens 55, Orlando 58: Orlando leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Athens 56, Orlando 36: Athens leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Athens 64, Orlando 40: Athens leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Athens 42, Orlando 32: Athens leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Athens and Orlando.

Your match

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

Athens
Best match
67match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

Orlando
44match

Wins on families and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Athens in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Orlando in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
189 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Athens: 1991-2020 normals, Athens / Athenai / Pláka (2.2 km from centre). Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAthensOrlando
Official languageGreek-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation74 m34 m
Main airportAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH)20 km from centre173 non-stop destinationsOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAthensOrlando
City population643,452334,854
People per km²16,4991,086
Museums within 10 km8811
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.