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Painted wooden houses under palms in Key West, Key West
Key WestPainted wooden houses under palms in Key West
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge

Photos: Key West by Dominik Gryzbon, Pexels License; London by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Key West or London?

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 Key West for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Key West’s own page.

Choose London for

  • shopping
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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. Key West 60, London 25: Key West leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Key West 45, London 84: London leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. Key West 40, London 94: London leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Key West 62, London 88: London leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Key West 62, London 57: Key West leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Key West 28, London 90: London leads by 62 points.
Good for families. Key West 40, London 82: London leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Key West 62, London 85: London leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Key West 30, London 95: London leads by 65 points.
Affordability. Key West and London are level on 15.
Live music & performing arts. Key West 38, London 98: London leads by 60 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Key West and London are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Key West and London.

Your match

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

Key West
44match

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

London
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Key West in July

32 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Key West's temperatures are measured 69 km from the centre, at Key West Airport.

Key West has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Key West: 1991-2020 normals, Key West Airport (69.1 km from centre). London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKey WestLondon
Official language-English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112 or 999
Elevation4 m4 m
Main airportKey West International Airport (EYW)2 km from centre24 non-stop destinationsLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureKey WestLondon
City population26,4448,799,728
People per km²1,4075,598
Museums within 10 km7216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.