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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Brisbane 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 Brisbane for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Fort Lauderdale for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • shopping

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. Brisbane 55, Fort Lauderdale 88: Fort Lauderdale leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Fort Lauderdale 47: Brisbane leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Fort Lauderdale 28: Brisbane leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Fort Lauderdale 52: Brisbane leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Fort Lauderdale 62: Brisbane leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Fort Lauderdale 58: Fort Lauderdale leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Fort Lauderdale 66: Brisbane leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Fort Lauderdale 32: Brisbane leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Fort Lauderdale 52: Fort Lauderdale leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Fort Lauderdale 32: Brisbane leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Fort Lauderdale 42: Brisbane leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane and Fort Lauderdale are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and Fort Lauderdale.

Your match

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

Brisbane
Best match
54match

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

Fort Lauderdale
50match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 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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BrisbaneFort Lauderdale

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneFort Lauderdale
Official languageEnglish-
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number000911
Elevation0 m11 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneFort Lauderdale
City population2,706,966182,760
People per km²1711,829
Museums within 10 km166
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 months12 months

Where else could you go?

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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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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.