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Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom
A madrasa and its minarets on the Registan, Samarkand
SamarkandA madrasa and its minarets on the Registan

Photos: Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Samarkand by Yaşar Başkurt, Pexels License.

Orlando or Samarkand?

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 Orlando for

  • families
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Samarkand for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Samarkand’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. Orlando 42, Samarkand 4: Orlando leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Orlando 48, Samarkand 54: Samarkand leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Orlando 22, Samarkand 84: Samarkand leads by 62 points.
Nightlife. Orlando 40, Samarkand 14: Orlando leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Orlando 46, Samarkand 40: Orlando leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Orlando 58, Samarkand 72: Samarkand leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Orlando 98, Samarkand 30: Orlando leads by 68 points.
Getting around. Orlando 8, Samarkand 58: Samarkand leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Orlando 58, Samarkand 42: Orlando leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Orlando 36, Samarkand 80: Samarkand leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Orlando 40, Samarkand 24: Orlando leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Orlando and Samarkand are level on 32.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Orlando and Samarkand.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Orlando
44match

Wins on families and beaches with your weighting.

Samarkand
45match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Orlando in July

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

Samarkand in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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OrlandoSamarkand

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

Before you go

MeasureOrlandoSamarkand
Official language-Uzbek
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Uzbekistan Sum (UZS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+5
Emergency number911112
Elevation34 m702 m
Main airportOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinationsSamarkand International Airport (SKD)5 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureOrlandoSamarkand
City population334,854546,303
People per km²1,0865,058
Museums within 10 km1111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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.