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Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho
The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bangkok or Fort Lauderdale?

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 Bangkok for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Fort Lauderdale for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Fort Lauderdale’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. Bangkok 12, Fort Lauderdale 88: Fort Lauderdale leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Fort Lauderdale 47: Bangkok leads by 48 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Fort Lauderdale 28: Bangkok leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Fort Lauderdale 52: Bangkok leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Fort Lauderdale 62: Fort Lauderdale leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Fort Lauderdale 58: Bangkok leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Fort Lauderdale 66: Fort Lauderdale leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Fort Lauderdale 32: Bangkok leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Fort Lauderdale 52: Bangkok leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Fort Lauderdale 32: Bangkok leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Fort Lauderdale 42: Bangkok leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Fort Lauderdale 40: Bangkok leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Fort Lauderdale.

Your match

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

Bangkok
Best match
63match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Fort Lauderdale
50match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bangkok in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
184 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Fort Lauderdale in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
166 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BangkokFort Lauderdale

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokFort Lauderdale
Official languageThai-
CurrencyBaht (THB)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199911
Elevation2 m11 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokFort Lauderdale
City population5,676,648182,760
People per km²3,6191,829
Museums within 10 km596
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.