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The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals
Rathausquai on the Reuss, Lucerne
LucerneRathausquai on the Reuss

Photos: Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Lucerne by ILOVESwitzerland, Pexels License.

Fort Lauderdale or Lucerne?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Lucerne for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Lucerne’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, Lucerne 35: Fort Lauderdale leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. Fort Lauderdale 47, Lucerne 35: Fort Lauderdale leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Lauderdale 28, Lucerne 58: Lucerne leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Fort Lauderdale 52, Lucerne 28: Fort Lauderdale leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Lauderdale 62, Lucerne 92: Lucerne leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Fort Lauderdale 58, Lucerne 78: Lucerne leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Fort Lauderdale and Lucerne are level on 66.
Getting around. Fort Lauderdale 32, Lucerne 86: Lucerne leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Lauderdale 52, Lucerne 46: Fort Lauderdale leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Fort Lauderdale 32, Lucerne 8: Fort Lauderdale leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Lauderdale 42, Lucerne 66: Lucerne leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Lauderdale 40, Lucerne 46: Lucerne leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Lauderdale and Lucerne.

Your match

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

Fort Lauderdale
50match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Lucerne
Best match
54match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights 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

Lucerne in July

24 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
141 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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Where the figures come from

Lucerne 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.

Lucerne's sunshine is measured 42 km from the centre, at Zurich Town / Ville..

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre). Lucerne: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Emmen (4.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort LauderdaleLucerne
Official language-French, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation11 m436 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)49 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort LauderdaleLucerne
City population182,76086,234
People per km²1,8292,963
Museums within 10 km614
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.