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Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge
A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach

Photos: London by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Miami by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

London or Miami?

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 London for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Miami for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami’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. London 25, Miami 90: Miami leads by 65 points.
Food & drink. London 84, Miami 72: London leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. London 94, Miami 57: London leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. London 88, Miami 82: London leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. London 57, Miami 64: Miami leads by 7 points.
Day trips. London 90, Miami 42: London leads by 48 points.
Good for families. London 82, Miami 64: London leads by 18 points.
Getting around. London 85, Miami 35: London leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. London 95, Miami 71: London leads by 24 points.
Affordability. London 15, Miami 27: Miami leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. London 98, Miami 55: London leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. London 40, Miami 44: Miami leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: London and Miami.

Your match

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

London
Best match
71match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Miami
59match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Miami in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre). Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLondonMiami
Official languageEnglish-
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999911
Elevation4 m2 m
Main airportLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLondonMiami
City population8,799,728442,241
People per km²5,5983,046
Museums within 10 km21617
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

Where else could you go?

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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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.