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The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals
The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Fort Lauderdale or Nairobi?

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
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Nairobi for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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, Nairobi 4: Fort Lauderdale leads by 84 points.
Food & drink. Fort Lauderdale 47, Nairobi 48: Nairobi leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Lauderdale 28, Nairobi 35: Nairobi leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Fort Lauderdale 52, Nairobi 58: Nairobi leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Lauderdale 62, Nairobi 84: Nairobi leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Fort Lauderdale 58, Nairobi 28: Fort Lauderdale leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Fort Lauderdale 66, Nairobi 55: Fort Lauderdale leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Fort Lauderdale 32, Nairobi 20: Fort Lauderdale leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Lauderdale 52, Nairobi 45: Fort Lauderdale leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Fort Lauderdale 32, Nairobi 60: Nairobi leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Lauderdale 42, Nairobi 35: Fort Lauderdale leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Lauderdale 40, Nairobi 25: Fort Lauderdale leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Lauderdale and Nairobi.

Your match

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

Fort Lauderdale
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Nairobi
41match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors 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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Fort LauderdaleNairobi

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre). Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort LauderdaleNairobi
Official language-English, Swahili
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number911Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation11 m1,661 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort LauderdaleNairobi
City population182,7605,545,000
People per km²1,8297,967
Museums within 10 km64
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.