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Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Orlando or Tokyo?

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

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Orlando leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Orlando 48, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 50 points.
Culture & sights. Orlando 22, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 62 points.
Nightlife. Orlando 40, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Orlando 46, Tokyo 68: Tokyo leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Orlando 58, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Orlando 98, Tokyo 95: Orlando leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Orlando 8, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 90 points.
Shopping & style. Orlando 58, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 41 points.
Affordability. Orlando 36, Tokyo 48: Tokyo leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Orlando 40, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Orlando 32, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 46 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Orlando and Tokyo.

Your match

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

Orlando
44match

Wins on families and beaches with your weighting.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights 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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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OrlandoTokyo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOrlandoTokyo
Official language-Japanese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation34 m6 m
Main airportOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureOrlandoTokyo
City population334,85414,264,798
People per km²1,0866,501
Museums within 10 km11192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.