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The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington

Photos: Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0.

Fort Lauderdale or Hobart?

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 Fort Lauderdale for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Hobart for

  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Hobart’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. Fort Lauderdale 88, Hobart 30: Fort Lauderdale leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Fort Lauderdale 47, Hobart 60: Hobart leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Lauderdale 28, Hobart 56: Hobart leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Fort Lauderdale 52, Hobart 30: Fort Lauderdale leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Lauderdale 62, Hobart 85: Hobart leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Fort Lauderdale 58, Hobart 60: Hobart leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Fort Lauderdale 66, Hobart 56: Fort Lauderdale leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Fort Lauderdale 32, Hobart 45: Hobart leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Lauderdale 52, Hobart 38: Fort Lauderdale leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Fort Lauderdale 32, Hobart 35: Hobart leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Lauderdale 42, Hobart 45: Hobart leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Lauderdale and Hobart are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Lauderdale and Hobart.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Fort Lauderdale
50match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Hobart
48match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

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

Hobart in July

13 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
9 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Fort LauderdaleHobart

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre). Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort LauderdaleHobart
Official language-English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number911000
Elevation11 m54 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort LauderdaleHobart
City population182,760197,451
People per km²1,829116
Museums within 10 km68
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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.