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The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Fort Lauderdale or Ushuaia?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Ushuaia’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, Ushuaia 3: Fort Lauderdale leads by 85 points.
Food & drink. Fort Lauderdale 47, Ushuaia 40: Fort Lauderdale leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Lauderdale 28, Ushuaia 22: Fort Lauderdale leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Fort Lauderdale 52, Ushuaia 18: Fort Lauderdale leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Lauderdale 62, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Fort Lauderdale 58, Ushuaia 14: Fort Lauderdale leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Fort Lauderdale 66, Ushuaia 40: Fort Lauderdale leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Fort Lauderdale 32, Ushuaia 45: Ushuaia leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Lauderdale 52, Ushuaia 22: Fort Lauderdale leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Fort Lauderdale 32, Ushuaia 42: Ushuaia leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Lauderdale 42, Ushuaia 10: Fort Lauderdale leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Lauderdale 40, Ushuaia 26: Fort Lauderdale leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Lauderdale and Ushuaia.

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.

Ushuaia
31match

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

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
No seasea
8 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Fort LauderdaleUshuaia

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort LauderdaleUshuaia
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911117 or 911
Elevation11 m23 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort LauderdaleUshuaia
City population182,76082,615
People per km²1,8293,592
Museums within 10 km65
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.