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The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals
The boardwalk at Delaware Avenue, Rehoboth Beach
Rehoboth BeachThe boardwalk at Delaware Avenue

Photos: Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Rehoboth Beach by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fort Lauderdale or Rehoboth Beach?

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
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Rehoboth Beach for

  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Rehoboth Beach’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, Rehoboth Beach 70: Fort Lauderdale leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Fort Lauderdale 47, Rehoboth Beach 44: Fort Lauderdale leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Lauderdale 28, Rehoboth Beach 14: Fort Lauderdale leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Fort Lauderdale 52, Rehoboth Beach 40: Fort Lauderdale leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Lauderdale 62, Rehoboth Beach 50: Fort Lauderdale leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Fort Lauderdale 58, Rehoboth Beach 50: Fort Lauderdale leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Fort Lauderdale 66, Rehoboth Beach 70: Rehoboth Beach leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Fort Lauderdale 32, Rehoboth Beach 50: Rehoboth Beach leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Lauderdale 52, Rehoboth Beach 45: Fort Lauderdale leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Fort Lauderdale and Rehoboth Beach are level on 32.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Lauderdale 42, Rehoboth Beach 28: Fort Lauderdale leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Lauderdale 40, Rehoboth Beach 32: Fort Lauderdale leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Lauderdale and Rehoboth Beach.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Rehoboth Beach
44match

Wins on getting around and families 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

Rehoboth Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
92 mmrain in the month
23 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Fort LauderdaleRehoboth Beach

Where the figures come from

Rehoboth Beach 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre). Rehoboth Beach: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Georgetown / Rogers Development (24.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort LauderdaleRehoboth Beach
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 m5 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre138 non-stop destinationsSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)56 km from centre4 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort LauderdaleRehoboth Beach
City population182,7601,108
People per km²1,829258
Museums within 10 km62
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.