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The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals
The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour

Photos: Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fort Lauderdale or Hong Kong?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Hong Kong for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Hong Kong’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, Hong Kong 50: Fort Lauderdale leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Fort Lauderdale 47, Hong Kong 90: Hong Kong leads by 43 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Lauderdale 28, Hong Kong 60: Hong Kong leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Fort Lauderdale 52, Hong Kong 68: Hong Kong leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Lauderdale 62, Hong Kong 80: Hong Kong leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Fort Lauderdale 58, Hong Kong 68: Hong Kong leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Fort Lauderdale 66, Hong Kong 75: Hong Kong leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Fort Lauderdale 32, Hong Kong 97: Hong Kong leads by 65 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Lauderdale 52, Hong Kong 88: Hong Kong leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Fort Lauderdale 32, Hong Kong 27: Fort Lauderdale leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Lauderdale 42, Hong Kong 55: Hong Kong leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Lauderdale 40, Hong Kong 42: Hong Kong leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Lauderdale and Hong Kong.

Your match

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

Fort Lauderdale
50match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Hong Kong
Best match
67match

Wins on getting around and food and drink 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

Hong Kong in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
381 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Fort LauderdaleHong Kong

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre). Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort LauderdaleHong Kong
Official language-Standard Chinese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Hong Kong Dollar (HKD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911999
Elevation11 m7 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinationsHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort LauderdaleHong Kong
City population182,7607,413,070
People per km²1,829-
Museums within 10 km639
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months8 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.