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The Cathedral of Sant'Agata, Catania
CataniaThe Cathedral of Sant'Agata
The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals

Photos: Catania by Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Catania 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 Catania for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • prices

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

Choose Fort Lauderdale for

  • beaches
  • families
  • shopping

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. Catania 72, Fort Lauderdale 88: Fort Lauderdale leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Catania 77, Fort Lauderdale 47: Catania leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Catania 62, Fort Lauderdale 28: Catania leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Catania 60, Fort Lauderdale 52: Catania leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Catania 83, Fort Lauderdale 62: Catania leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Catania 84, Fort Lauderdale 58: Catania leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Catania 50, Fort Lauderdale 66: Fort Lauderdale leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Catania 48, Fort Lauderdale 32: Catania leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Catania 42, Fort Lauderdale 52: Fort Lauderdale leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Catania 60, Fort Lauderdale 32: Catania leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Catania 55, Fort Lauderdale 42: Catania leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Catania 30, Fort Lauderdale 40: Fort Lauderdale leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Catania and Fort Lauderdale.

Your match

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

Catania
Best match
60match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink with your weighting.

Fort Lauderdale
50match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Catania in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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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Where the figures come from

Catania's sunshine is measured 88 km from the centre, at Messina.

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

Before you go

MeasureCataniaFort Lauderdale
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation7 m11 m
Main airportCatania-Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)4 km from centre96 non-stop destinationsFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCataniaFort Lauderdale
City population311,584182,760
People per km²1,7041,829
Museums within 10 km256
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months12 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.