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Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan
Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom

Photos: New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

New York 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 New York for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Orlando for

  • families
  • prices

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. New York 50, Orlando 42: New York leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. New York 92, Orlando 48: New York leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. New York 89, Orlando 22: New York leads by 67 points.
Nightlife. New York 97, Orlando 40: New York leads by 57 points.
Nature & outdoors. New York 55, Orlando 46: New York leads by 9 points.
Day trips. New York 68, Orlando 58: New York leads by 10 points.
Good for families. New York 70, Orlando 98: Orlando leads by 28 points.
Getting around. New York 82, Orlando 8: New York leads by 74 points.
Shopping & style. New York 97, Orlando 58: New York leads by 39 points.
Affordability. New York 12, Orlando 36: Orlando leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. New York 99, Orlando 40: New York leads by 59 points.
Wellness & relaxation. New York 42, Orlando 32: New York leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: New York and Orlando.

Your match

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

New York
Best match
71match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights 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.

New York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
22 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Orlando in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
189 mmrain in the month
No seasea
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. New York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre). Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNew YorkOrlando
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation25 m34 m
Main airportJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinationsOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureNew YorkOrlando
City population8,804,190334,854
People per km²7,2561,086
Museums within 10 km15711
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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. 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.