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The Sagrada Família, Barcelona
BarcelonaThe Sagrada Família
The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals

Photos: Barcelona by Canaan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Barcelona 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 Barcelona for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • food and drink

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

Choose Fort Lauderdale for

  • beaches
  • wellness

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. Barcelona 75, Fort Lauderdale 88: Fort Lauderdale leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Barcelona 82, Fort Lauderdale 47: Barcelona leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Barcelona 86, Fort Lauderdale 28: Barcelona leads by 58 points.
Nightlife. Barcelona 82, Fort Lauderdale 52: Barcelona leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Barcelona 72, Fort Lauderdale 62: Barcelona leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Barcelona 80, Fort Lauderdale 58: Barcelona leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Barcelona 76, Fort Lauderdale 66: Barcelona leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Barcelona 80, Fort Lauderdale 32: Barcelona leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Barcelona 75, Fort Lauderdale 52: Barcelona leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Barcelona 44, Fort Lauderdale 32: Barcelona leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Barcelona 70, Fort Lauderdale 42: Barcelona leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Barcelona 38, Fort Lauderdale 40: Fort Lauderdale leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Barcelona and Fort Lauderdale.

Your match

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

Barcelona
Best match
72match

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

Fort Lauderdale
50match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Barcelona in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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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BarcelonaFort Lauderdale

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Barcelona: 1991-2020 normals, Barcelona / Aeropuerto (14.4 km from centre). Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarcelonaFort Lauderdale
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation9 m11 m
Main airportJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN)13 km from centre235 non-stop destinationsFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarcelonaFort Lauderdale
City population1,731,649182,760
People per km²17,0941,829
Museums within 10 km956
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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). 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.