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The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals
The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square

Photos: Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fort Lauderdale or Krakow?

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
  • families
  • shopping

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

Choose Krakow for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Krakow’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, Krakow 9: Fort Lauderdale leads by 79 points.
Food & drink. Fort Lauderdale 47, Krakow 55: Krakow leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Lauderdale 28, Krakow 77: Krakow leads by 49 points.
Nightlife. Fort Lauderdale 52, Krakow 68: Krakow leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Lauderdale and Krakow are level on 62.
Day trips. Fort Lauderdale 58, Krakow 76: Krakow leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Fort Lauderdale 66, Krakow 58: Fort Lauderdale leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Fort Lauderdale 32, Krakow 74: Krakow leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Lauderdale 52, Krakow 48: Fort Lauderdale leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Fort Lauderdale 32, Krakow 72: Krakow leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Lauderdale 42, Krakow 55: Krakow leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Lauderdale 40, Krakow 36: Fort Lauderdale leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Lauderdale and Krakow.

Your match

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

Fort Lauderdale
50match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Krakow
Best match
58match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around 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
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Krakow in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
100 mmrain in the month
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Fort LauderdaleKrakow

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre). Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort LauderdaleKrakow
Official language-Polish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation11 m219 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinationsKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort LauderdaleKrakow
City population182,760804,237
People per km²1,8292,459
Museums within 10 km6113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.