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Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

Photos: Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Victoria by Guilice, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Orlando or Victoria?

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
  • shopping
  • beaches

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

Choose Victoria for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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, Victoria 28: Orlando leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Orlando 48, Victoria 50: Victoria leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Orlando 22, Victoria 42: Victoria leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Orlando 40, Victoria 30: Orlando leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Orlando 46, Victoria 77: Victoria leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Orlando 58, Victoria 54: Orlando leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Orlando 98, Victoria 62: Orlando leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Orlando 8, Victoria 60: Victoria leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Orlando 58, Victoria 40: Orlando leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Orlando 36, Victoria 34: Orlando leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Orlando and Victoria are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Orlando 32, Victoria 48: Victoria leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Orlando and Victoria.

Your match

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

Orlando
44match

Wins on families and shopping with your weighting.

Victoria
Best match
47match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors 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

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

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

Before you go

MeasureOrlandoVictoria
Official language-French, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation34 m23 m
Main airportOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureOrlandoVictoria
City population334,85491,867
People per km²1,0864,711
Museums within 10 km116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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.