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The Atomium, Brussels
BrusselsThe Atomium
Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom

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

Brussels 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 Brussels for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Orlando for

  • families
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Brussels 18, Orlando 42: Orlando leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Brussels 72, Orlando 48: Brussels leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Brussels 74, Orlando 22: Brussels leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Brussels 60, Orlando 40: Brussels leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brussels 45, Orlando 46: Orlando leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Brussels 89, Orlando 58: Brussels leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Brussels 60, Orlando 98: Orlando leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Brussels 72, Orlando 8: Brussels leads by 64 points.
Shopping & style. Brussels 62, Orlando 58: Brussels leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Brussels 40, Orlando 36: Brussels leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brussels 68, Orlando 40: Brussels leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brussels 33, Orlando 32: Brussels leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brussels and Orlando.

Your match

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

Brussels
Best match
58match

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

Orlando
44match

Wins on families and beaches 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
16 hdaylight a day

Orlando in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
189 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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. Brussels: 1991-2020 normals, Uccle (5.2 km from centre). Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrusselsOrlando
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 m34 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)11 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrusselsOrlando
City population195,546334,854
People per km²5,9081,086
Museums within 10 km10611
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km100

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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. 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.