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The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals
A madrasa and its minarets on the Registan, Samarkand
SamarkandA madrasa and its minarets on the Registan

Photos: Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Samarkand by Yaşar Başkurt, Pexels License.

Fort Lauderdale or Samarkand?

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
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Samarkand for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Samarkand’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, Samarkand 4: Fort Lauderdale leads by 84 points.
Food & drink. Fort Lauderdale 47, Samarkand 54: Samarkand leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Lauderdale 28, Samarkand 84: Samarkand leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Fort Lauderdale 52, Samarkand 14: Fort Lauderdale leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Lauderdale 62, Samarkand 40: Fort Lauderdale leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Fort Lauderdale 58, Samarkand 72: Samarkand leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Fort Lauderdale 66, Samarkand 30: Fort Lauderdale leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Fort Lauderdale 32, Samarkand 58: Samarkand leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Lauderdale 52, Samarkand 42: Fort Lauderdale leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Fort Lauderdale 32, Samarkand 80: Samarkand leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Lauderdale 42, Samarkand 24: Fort Lauderdale leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Lauderdale 40, Samarkand 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 Samarkand.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Samarkand
45match

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

Samarkand in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Fort LauderdaleSamarkand

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre). Samarkand: 1991-2020 normals, Samarkand (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort LauderdaleSamarkand
Official language-Uzbek
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Uzbekistan Sum (UZS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+5
Emergency number911112
Elevation11 m702 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinationsSamarkand International Airport (SKD)5 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureFort LauderdaleSamarkand
City population182,760546,303
People per km²1,8295,058
Museums within 10 km611
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.