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The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Fort Lauderdale or Tromso?

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
  • day trips
  • shopping

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: Fort Lauderdale leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. Fort Lauderdale 47, Tromso 36: Fort Lauderdale leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Lauderdale 28, Tromso 27: Fort Lauderdale leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Fort Lauderdale 52, Tromso 38: Fort Lauderdale leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Lauderdale 62, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Fort Lauderdale 58, Tromso 14: Fort Lauderdale leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Fort Lauderdale 66, Tromso 45: Fort Lauderdale leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Fort Lauderdale 32, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Lauderdale 52, Tromso 15: Fort Lauderdale leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Fort Lauderdale 32, Tromso 11: Fort Lauderdale leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Lauderdale 42, Tromso 32: Fort Lauderdale leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Lauderdale 40, Tromso 38: Fort Lauderdale leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Lauderdale and Tromso.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Fort LauderdaleTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort LauderdaleTromso
Official language-Norwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation11 m20 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort LauderdaleTromso
City population182,76079,943
People per km²1,82932
Museums within 10 km68
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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.