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The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals
Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas

Photos: Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fort Lauderdale or Maastricht?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Maastricht for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Maastricht’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, Maastricht 8: Fort Lauderdale leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. Fort Lauderdale 47, Maastricht 58: Maastricht leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Lauderdale 28, Maastricht 60: Maastricht leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Fort Lauderdale 52, Maastricht 42: Fort Lauderdale leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Lauderdale 62, Maastricht 58: Fort Lauderdale leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Fort Lauderdale 58, Maastricht 77: Maastricht leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Fort Lauderdale 66, Maastricht 55: Fort Lauderdale leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Fort Lauderdale 32, Maastricht 74: Maastricht leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Lauderdale 52, Maastricht 60: Maastricht leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Fort Lauderdale 32, Maastricht 38: Maastricht leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Lauderdale 42, Maastricht 40: Fort Lauderdale leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Lauderdale 40, Maastricht 52: Maastricht leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Lauderdale and Maastricht.

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 families with your weighting.

Maastricht
52match

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

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 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 LauderdaleMaastricht

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre). Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort LauderdaleMaastricht
Official language-Dutch
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation11 m49 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinationsMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort LauderdaleMaastricht
City population182,760120,227
People per km²1,8292,000
Museums within 10 km621
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
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.