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The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge

Photos: Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; London by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Fort Lauderdale or London?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose London for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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, London 25: Fort Lauderdale leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Fort Lauderdale 47, London 84: London leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Lauderdale 28, London 94: London leads by 66 points.
Nightlife. Fort Lauderdale 52, London 88: London leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Lauderdale 62, London 57: Fort Lauderdale leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Fort Lauderdale 58, London 90: London leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Fort Lauderdale 66, London 82: London leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Fort Lauderdale 32, London 85: London leads by 53 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Lauderdale 52, London 95: London leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Fort Lauderdale 32, London 15: Fort Lauderdale leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Lauderdale 42, London 98: London leads by 56 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Lauderdale and London 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 London.

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.

London
Best match
71match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Fort LauderdaleLondon

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre). London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort LauderdaleLondon
Official language-English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112 or 999
Elevation11 m4 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinationsLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort LauderdaleLondon
City population182,7608,799,728
People per km²1,8295,598
Museums within 10 km6216
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. 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.