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Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno
Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom

Photos: Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Florence 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 Florence for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Orlando for

  • families
  • beaches
  • prices

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. Florence 14, Orlando 42: Orlando leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Florence 74, Orlando 48: Florence leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Florence 94, Orlando 22: Florence leads by 72 points.
Nightlife. Florence 42, Orlando 40: Florence leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florence 58, Orlando 46: Florence leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Florence 98, Orlando 58: Florence leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Florence 45, Orlando 98: Orlando leads by 53 points.
Getting around. Florence 78, Orlando 8: Florence leads by 70 points.
Shopping & style. Florence 72, Orlando 58: Florence leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Florence 35, Orlando 36: Orlando leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florence 58, Orlando 40: Florence leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florence 42, Orlando 32: Florence leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florence and Orlando.

Your match

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

Florence
Best match
59match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around 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.

Florence in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
37 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
15 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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Where the figures come from

Florence has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Florence's sunshine is measured 71 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florence: 1995-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Firenze / Peretola (5.6 km from centre). Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorenceOrlando
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
Elevation50 m34 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorenceOrlando
City population360,930334,854
People per km²3,5281,086
Museums within 10 km14111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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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.