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Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge
Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom

Photos: London by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

London or Orlando?

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
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Orlando for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Orlando’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, Orlando 42: Orlando leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. London 84, Orlando 48: London leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. London 94, Orlando 22: London leads by 72 points.
Nightlife. London 88, Orlando 40: London leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. London 57, Orlando 46: London leads by 11 points.
Day trips. London 90, Orlando 58: London leads by 32 points.
Good for families. London 82, Orlando 98: Orlando leads by 16 points.
Getting around. London 85, Orlando 8: London leads by 77 points.
Shopping & style. London 95, Orlando 58: London leads by 37 points.
Affordability. London 15, Orlando 36: Orlando leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. London 98, Orlando 40: London leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. London 40, Orlando 32: London leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: London and Orlando.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Orlando
44match

Wins on prices and beaches 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
16 hdaylight a day

Orlando in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
189 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LondonOrlando

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). Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLondonOrlando
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 m34 m
Main airportLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinationsOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLondonOrlando
City population8,799,728334,854
People per km²5,5981,086
Museums within 10 km21611
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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. 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.