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The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals
Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan

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

Fort Lauderdale or New York?

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 New York for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on New York’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, New York 50: Fort Lauderdale leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Fort Lauderdale 47, New York 92: New York leads by 45 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Lauderdale 28, New York 89: New York leads by 61 points.
Nightlife. Fort Lauderdale 52, New York 97: New York leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Lauderdale 62, New York 55: Fort Lauderdale leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Fort Lauderdale 58, New York 68: New York leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Fort Lauderdale 66, New York 70: New York leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Fort Lauderdale 32, New York 82: New York leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Lauderdale 52, New York 97: New York leads by 45 points.
Affordability. Fort Lauderdale 32, New York 12: Fort Lauderdale leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Lauderdale 42, New York 99: New York leads by 57 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Lauderdale 40, New York 42: New York leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Lauderdale and New York.

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.

New York
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
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

New York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
22 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Fort LauderdaleNew York

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre). New York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort LauderdaleNew York
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation11 m25 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinationsJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort LauderdaleNew York
City population182,7608,804,190
People per km²1,8297,256
Museums within 10 km6157
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months3 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.