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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
A purple lifeguard tower on South Beach, Miami Beach
Miami BeachA purple lifeguard tower on South Beach

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Miami Beach by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Brisbane or Miami Beach?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • prices

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

Choose Miami Beach for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami Beach’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, Miami Beach 92: Miami Beach leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Miami Beach 62: Miami Beach leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Miami Beach 52: Miami Beach leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Miami Beach 80: Miami Beach leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Miami Beach 52: Brisbane leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Miami Beach 55: Miami Beach leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Miami Beach 60: Brisbane leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Miami Beach 58: Brisbane leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Miami Beach 55: Miami Beach leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Miami Beach 20: Brisbane leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane and Miami Beach are level on 55.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 40, Miami Beach 48: Miami Beach leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and Miami Beach.

Your match

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

Brisbane
54match

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

Miami Beach
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and nightlife 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

Miami Beach in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 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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BrisbaneMiami Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Miami Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (18.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneMiami Beach
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 m1 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)16 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneMiami Beach
City population2,706,96682,890
People per km²1712,109
Museums within 10 km1614
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.