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Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas
Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom

Photos: Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Maastricht 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 Maastricht for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

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

Choose Orlando for

  • families
  • beaches

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. Maastricht 8, Orlando 42: Orlando leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Maastricht 58, Orlando 48: Maastricht leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Maastricht 60, Orlando 22: Maastricht leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Maastricht 42, Orlando 40: Maastricht leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Maastricht 58, Orlando 46: Maastricht leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Maastricht 77, Orlando 58: Maastricht leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Maastricht 55, Orlando 98: Orlando leads by 43 points.
Getting around. Maastricht 74, Orlando 8: Maastricht leads by 66 points.
Shopping & style. Maastricht 60, Orlando 58: Maastricht leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Maastricht 38, Orlando 36: Maastricht leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Maastricht and Orlando are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Maastricht 52, Orlando 32: Maastricht leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Maastricht and Orlando.

Your match

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

Maastricht
Best match
52match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Orlando
44match

Wins on families 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.

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 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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MaastrichtOrlando

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre). Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMaastrichtOrlando
Official languageDutch-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation49 m34 m
Main airportMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMaastrichtOrlando
City population120,227334,854
People per km²2,0001,086
Museums within 10 km2111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50

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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). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.