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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bilbao 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 Bilbao for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Fort Lauderdale for

  • beaches
  • families
  • 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. Bilbao 45, Fort Lauderdale 88: Fort Lauderdale leads by 43 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Fort Lauderdale 47: Bilbao leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Fort Lauderdale 28: Bilbao leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Fort Lauderdale 52: Bilbao leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Fort Lauderdale 62: Bilbao leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Fort Lauderdale 58: Bilbao leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Fort Lauderdale 66: Fort Lauderdale leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Fort Lauderdale 32: Bilbao leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Fort Lauderdale 52: Fort Lauderdale leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Fort Lauderdale 32: Bilbao leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Fort Lauderdale 42: Bilbao leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 33, Fort Lauderdale 40: Fort Lauderdale leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bilbao and Fort Lauderdale.

Your match

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

Bilbao
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around and food and drink with your weighting.

Fort Lauderdale
50match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bilbao in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
21 °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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BilbaoFort Lauderdale

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoFort 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
Elevation19 m11 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoFort Lauderdale
City population351,124182,760
People per km²8,4401,829
Museums within 10 km176
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month12 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.