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Photos: Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Durban 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 Durban for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Orlando for

  • families
  • day trips
  • 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. Durban 80, Orlando 42: Durban leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Durban 60, Orlando 48: Durban leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Durban 38, Orlando 22: Durban leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Durban and Orlando are level on 40.
Nature & outdoors. Durban 68, Orlando 46: Durban leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Durban 38, Orlando 58: Orlando leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Durban 60, Orlando 98: Orlando leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Durban 20, Orlando 8: Durban leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Durban 42, Orlando 58: Orlando leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Durban 72, Orlando 36: Durban leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Durban and Orlando are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Durban 30, Orlando 32: Orlando leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Durban and Orlando.

Your match

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

Durban
Best match
49match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Orlando
44match

Wins on families and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Durban in July

23 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
10 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. Durban: 1991-2020 normals, Durban, Durban International Airport (14.1 km from centre). Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDurbanOrlando
Official languageEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign Language-
CurrencyRand (ZAR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCMN230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation22 m34 m
Main airportKing Shaka International Airport (DUR)29 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDurbanOrlando
City population595,061334,854
People per km²2,6341,086
Museums within 10 km111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.