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The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals
The city from Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik
ReykjavikThe city from Hallgrímskirkja

Photos: Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Reykjavik by Atlantic Ambience, Pexels License.

Fort Lauderdale or Reykjavik?

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
  • shopping
  • prices

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

Choose Reykjavik for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Reykjavik’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, Reykjavik 12: Fort Lauderdale leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Fort Lauderdale 47, Reykjavik 42: Fort Lauderdale leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Lauderdale 28, Reykjavik 25: Fort Lauderdale leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Fort Lauderdale 52, Reykjavik 45: Fort Lauderdale leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Lauderdale 62, Reykjavik 92: Reykjavik leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Fort Lauderdale 58, Reykjavik 35: Fort Lauderdale leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Fort Lauderdale 66, Reykjavik 55: Fort Lauderdale leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Fort Lauderdale 32, Reykjavik 55: Reykjavik leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Lauderdale 52, Reykjavik 25: Fort Lauderdale leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Fort Lauderdale 32, Reykjavik 6: Fort Lauderdale leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Lauderdale 42, Reykjavik 45: Reykjavik leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Lauderdale 40, Reykjavik 88: Reykjavik leads by 48 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Lauderdale and Reykjavik.

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 shopping with your weighting.

Reykjavik
44match

Wins on wellness 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

Reykjavik in July

15 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
20 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Fort LauderdaleReykjavik

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre). Reykjavik: 1991-2020 normals, Reykjavik (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort LauderdaleReykjavik
Official language-Icelandic
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Iceland Krona (ISK)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC
Emergency number911112
Elevation11 m8 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinationsKeflavik International Airport (KEF)37 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort LauderdaleReykjavik
City population182,760138,772
People per km²1,829569
Museums within 10 km623
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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.