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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Brisbane or Orlando?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Orlando for

  • families
  • shopping
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Orlando’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, Orlando 42: Brisbane leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Orlando 48: Brisbane leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Orlando 22: Brisbane leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Orlando 40: Brisbane leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Orlando 46: Brisbane leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Orlando 58: Orlando leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Orlando 98: Orlando leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Orlando 8: Brisbane leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Orlando 58: Orlando leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Orlando 36: Orlando leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Orlando 40: Brisbane leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 40, Orlando 32: Brisbane leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and Orlando.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Orlando
44match

Wins on families and shopping 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

Orlando in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
189 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneOrlando
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 m34 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneOrlando
City population2,706,966334,854
People per km²1711,086
Museums within 10 km1611
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 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.