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Rathausquai on the Reuss, Lucerne
LucerneRathausquai on the Reuss
Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom

Photos: Lucerne by ILOVESwitzerland, Pexels License; Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Lucerne 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 Lucerne for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Orlando for

  • families
  • prices
  • food and drink

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. Lucerne 35, Orlando 42: Orlando leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Lucerne 35, Orlando 48: Orlando leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Lucerne 58, Orlando 22: Lucerne leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Lucerne 28, Orlando 40: Orlando leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lucerne 92, Orlando 46: Lucerne leads by 46 points.
Day trips. Lucerne 78, Orlando 58: Lucerne leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Lucerne 66, Orlando 98: Orlando leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Lucerne 86, Orlando 8: Lucerne leads by 78 points.
Shopping & style. Lucerne 46, Orlando 58: Orlando leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Lucerne 8, Orlando 36: Orlando leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lucerne 66, Orlando 40: Lucerne leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lucerne 46, Orlando 32: Lucerne leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lucerne and Orlando.

Your match

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

Lucerne
Best match
54match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Orlando
44match

Wins on families 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.

Lucerne in July

24 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
141 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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Where the figures come from

Lucerne 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.

Lucerne's sunshine is measured 42 km from the centre, at Zurich Town / Ville..

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Lucerne: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Emmen (4.2 km from centre). Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLucerneOrlando
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, Romansh-
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation436 m34 m
Main airportZürich Airport (ZRH)49 km from centre226 non-stop destinationsOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLucerneOrlando
City population86,234334,854
People per km²2,9631,086
Museums within 10 km1411
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.