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The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Fort Lauderdale or Toledo?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Toledo for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Toledo’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, Toledo 5: Fort Lauderdale leads by 83 points.
Food & drink. Fort Lauderdale 47, Toledo 40: Fort Lauderdale leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Lauderdale 28, Toledo 79: Toledo leads by 51 points.
Nightlife. Fort Lauderdale 52, Toledo 22: Fort Lauderdale leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Lauderdale 62, Toledo 40: Fort Lauderdale leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Fort Lauderdale 58, Toledo 78: Toledo leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Fort Lauderdale 66, Toledo 45: Fort Lauderdale leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Fort Lauderdale 32, Toledo 64: Toledo leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Lauderdale 52, Toledo 32: Fort Lauderdale leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Fort Lauderdale 32, Toledo 58: Toledo leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Lauderdale 42, Toledo 22: Fort Lauderdale leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Lauderdale 40, Toledo 30: Fort Lauderdale leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Lauderdale and Toledo.

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.

Toledo
43match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around 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

Toledo in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
6 mmrain in the month
13 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 LauderdaleToledo

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

Before you go

MeasureFort LauderdaleToledo
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation11 m523 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort LauderdaleToledo
City population182,76087,216
People per km²1,829376
Museums within 10 km613
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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. 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.