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Beira Lake with Seema Malaka and the Lotus Tower, Colombo
ColomboBeira Lake with Seema Malaka and the Lotus Tower
Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom

Photos: Colombo by Mohamed Ansaf, Pexels License; Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Colombo 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 Colombo for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Orlando for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping

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. Colombo 55, Orlando 42: Colombo leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Colombo 66, Orlando 48: Colombo leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Colombo 45, Orlando 22: Colombo leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Colombo 35, Orlando 40: Orlando leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Colombo 32, Orlando 46: Orlando leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Colombo 50, Orlando 58: Orlando leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Colombo 35, Orlando 98: Orlando leads by 63 points.
Getting around. Colombo 35, Orlando 8: Colombo leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Colombo 45, Orlando 58: Orlando leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Colombo 78, Orlando 36: Colombo leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Colombo 30, Orlando 40: Orlando leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Colombo 48, Orlando 32: Colombo leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Colombo and Orlando.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Colombo
46match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

Orlando
44match

Wins on families 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.

Colombo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
128 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 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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ColomboOrlando

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Colombo: 1991-2020 normals, Colombo (3 km from centre). Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureColomboOrlando
Official languageTamil, Sinhala-
CurrencySri Lanka Rupee (LKR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsGM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 119, ambulance 110, fire 110911
Elevation1 m34 m
Main airportBandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)28 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureColomboOrlando
City population647,557334,854
People per km²17,3611,086
Museums within 10 km1011
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.