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The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals
A cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan, San Juan
San JuanA cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan

Photos: Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; San Juan by Mohan Nannapaneni, Pexels License.

Fort Lauderdale or San Juan?

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
  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose San Juan for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on San Juan’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, San Juan 84: Fort Lauderdale leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Fort Lauderdale 47, San Juan 66: San Juan leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Lauderdale 28, San Juan 64: San Juan leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Fort Lauderdale 52, San Juan 70: San Juan leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Lauderdale 62, San Juan 74: San Juan leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Fort Lauderdale 58, San Juan 52: Fort Lauderdale leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Fort Lauderdale 66, San Juan 58: Fort Lauderdale leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Fort Lauderdale 32, San Juan 38: San Juan leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Lauderdale 52, San Juan 50: Fort Lauderdale leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Fort Lauderdale 32, San Juan 38: San Juan leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Lauderdale 42, San Juan 55: San Juan leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Lauderdale and San Juan 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 San Juan.

Your match

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

Fort Lauderdale
50match

Wins on families and day trips with your weighting.

San Juan
Best match
57match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink 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

San Juan in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Fort LauderdaleSan Juan

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre). San Juan: 1991-2020 normals, San Juan / Int., Puerto Rico (12.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort LauderdaleSan Juan
Official language-Spanish, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number911911
Elevation11 m3 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinationsLuis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU)12 km from centre59 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort LauderdaleSan Juan
City population182,760342,259
People per km²1,8292,847
Museums within 10 km618
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.