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The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Fort Lauderdale or Valencia?

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

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

Choose Valencia for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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, Valencia 78: Fort Lauderdale leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Fort Lauderdale 47, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Lauderdale 28, Valencia 68: Valencia leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Fort Lauderdale 52, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Lauderdale 62, Valencia 60: Fort Lauderdale leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Fort Lauderdale 58, Valencia 70: Valencia leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Fort Lauderdale 66, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Fort Lauderdale 32, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Lauderdale 52, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Fort Lauderdale 32, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Lauderdale 42, Valencia 55: Valencia leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Lauderdale 40, Valencia 42: Valencia 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 Valencia.

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.

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights 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

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Fort LauderdaleValencia

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort LauderdaleValencia
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 m15 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort LauderdaleValencia
City population182,760840,792
People per km²1,8296,242
Museums within 10 km645
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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.