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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach

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

Brisbane or Miami?

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
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Miami for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami’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 90: Miami leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Miami 72: Miami leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Miami 57: Miami leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Miami 82: Miami leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Miami 64: Brisbane leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Miami 42: Brisbane leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Miami 64: Brisbane leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Miami 35: Brisbane leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Miami 71: Miami leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Miami 27: Brisbane leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane and Miami are level on 55.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 40, Miami 44: Miami leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and Miami.

Your match

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

Brisbane
54match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Miami
Best match
59match

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 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneMiami
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 m2 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneMiami
City population2,706,966442,241
People per km²1713,046
Museums within 10 km1617
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.