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The Atomium, Brussels
BrusselsThe Atomium
The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals

Photos: Brussels by Ettanghe, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Brussels 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 Brussels for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Fort Lauderdale for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Brussels 18, Fort Lauderdale 88: Fort Lauderdale leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Brussels 72, Fort Lauderdale 47: Brussels leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Brussels 74, Fort Lauderdale 28: Brussels leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Brussels 60, Fort Lauderdale 52: Brussels leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brussels 45, Fort Lauderdale 62: Fort Lauderdale leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Brussels 89, Fort Lauderdale 58: Brussels leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Brussels 60, Fort Lauderdale 66: Fort Lauderdale leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Brussels 72, Fort Lauderdale 32: Brussels leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Brussels 62, Fort Lauderdale 52: Brussels leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Brussels 40, Fort Lauderdale 32: Brussels leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brussels 68, Fort Lauderdale 42: Brussels leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brussels 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: Brussels and Fort Lauderdale.

Your match

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

Brussels
Best match
58match

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

Fort Lauderdale
50match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Brussels in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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BrusselsFort Lauderdale

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brussels: 1991-2020 normals, Uccle (5.2 km from centre). Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrusselsFort Lauderdale
Official languageFrench, German, Dutch-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation70 m11 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)11 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrusselsFort Lauderdale
City population195,546182,760
People per km²5,9081,829
Museums within 10 km1066
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km100
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.