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The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals
Painted colonial houses in the Pelourinho, Salvador
SalvadorPainted colonial houses in the Pelourinho

Photos: Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Salvador by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fort Lauderdale or Salvador?

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

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping

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

Choose Salvador for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Salvador’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, Salvador 84: Fort Lauderdale leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Fort Lauderdale 47, Salvador 66: Salvador leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Lauderdale 28, Salvador 74: Salvador leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Fort Lauderdale 52, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Lauderdale 62, Salvador 52: Fort Lauderdale leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Fort Lauderdale 58, Salvador 56: Fort Lauderdale leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Fort Lauderdale 66, Salvador 42: Fort Lauderdale leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Fort Lauderdale 32, Salvador 42: Salvador leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Lauderdale 52, Salvador 42: Fort Lauderdale leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Fort Lauderdale 32, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Lauderdale 42, Salvador 63: Salvador leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Lauderdale 40, Salvador 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 Salvador.

Your match

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

Fort Lauderdale
50match

Wins on families and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Salvador
Best match
58match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Salvador in July

27 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
201 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Fort LauderdaleSalvador

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre). Salvador: 1991-2020 normals, Salvador (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort LauderdaleSalvador
Official language-Portuguese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation11 m8 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinationsDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA)20 km from centre31 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort LauderdaleSalvador
City population182,7602,417,678
People per km²1,8293,489
Museums within 10 km649
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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.