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Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom
The Opera House from the water, Sydney
SydneyThe Opera House from the water

Photos: Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Sydney by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Orlando or Sydney?

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
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Sydney for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Sydney’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, Sydney 95: Sydney leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. Orlando 48, Sydney 77: Sydney leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Orlando 22, Sydney 60: Sydney leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Orlando 40, Sydney 60: Sydney leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Orlando 46, Sydney 85: Sydney leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Orlando 58, Sydney 50: Orlando leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Orlando 98, Sydney 75: Orlando leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Orlando 8, Sydney 75: Sydney leads by 67 points.
Shopping & style. Orlando 58, Sydney 68: Sydney leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Orlando 36, Sydney 22: Orlando leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Orlando 40, Sydney 73: Sydney leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Orlando 32, Sydney 55: Sydney leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Orlando and Sydney.

Your match

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

Orlando
44match

Wins on families and prices with your weighting.

Sydney
Best match
66match

Wins on getting around 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.

Orlando in July

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

Sydney in July

18 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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OrlandoSydney

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre). Sydney: 1991-2020 normals, Sydney Airport (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOrlandoSydney
Official language-English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number911000
Elevation34 m6 m
Main airportOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinationsSydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD)9 km from centre99 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureOrlandoSydney
City population334,8545,450,496
People per km²1,086449
Museums within 10 km1138
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.