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The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals
Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges

Photos: Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Fort Lauderdale or Nice?

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 Nice for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Nice’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, Nice 75: Fort Lauderdale leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Fort Lauderdale 47, Nice 66: Nice leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Lauderdale 28, Nice 64: Nice leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Fort Lauderdale 52, Nice 47: Fort Lauderdale leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Lauderdale 62, Nice 80: Nice leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Fort Lauderdale 58, Nice 87: Nice leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Fort Lauderdale 66, Nice 57: Fort Lauderdale leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Fort Lauderdale 32, Nice 74: Nice leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Lauderdale 52, Nice 55: Nice leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Fort Lauderdale 32, Nice 35: Nice leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Lauderdale 42, Nice 45: Nice leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Lauderdale and Nice 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 Nice.

Your match

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

Fort Lauderdale
50match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Nice
Best match
60match

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

Nice in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Fort LauderdaleNice

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre). Nice: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort LauderdaleNice
Official language-French
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation11 m0 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort LauderdaleNice
City population182,760357,737
People per km²1,8294,975
Museums within 10 km617
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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.