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The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fort Lauderdale or Toronto?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Toronto for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Fort Lauderdale leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Fort Lauderdale 47, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Lauderdale 28, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Fort Lauderdale 52, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Lauderdale 62, Toronto 52: Fort Lauderdale leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Fort Lauderdale 58, Toronto 50: Fort Lauderdale leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Fort Lauderdale 66, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Fort Lauderdale 32, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Lauderdale 52, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Fort Lauderdale 32, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Lauderdale 42, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Lauderdale 40, Toronto 33: Fort Lauderdale leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Lauderdale and Toronto.

Your match

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

Fort Lauderdale
50match

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

Toronto
Best match
55match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Fort LauderdaleToronto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort LauderdaleToronto
Official language-French, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation11 m76 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort LauderdaleToronto
City population182,7602,794,356
People per km²1,8294,434
Museums within 10 km632
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months1 month

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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.