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Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Orlando or Wellington?

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
  • day trips
  • shopping

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

Choose Wellington for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Orlando leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Orlando 48, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Orlando 22, Wellington 44: Wellington leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Orlando 40, Wellington 45: Wellington leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Orlando 46, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Orlando 58, Wellington 40: Orlando leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Orlando 98, Wellington 62: Orlando leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Orlando 8, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 60 points.
Shopping & style. Orlando 58, Wellington 42: Orlando leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Orlando 36, Wellington 33: Orlando leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Orlando 40, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Orlando 32, Wellington 30: Orlando leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Orlando and Wellington.

Your match

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

Orlando
44match

Wins on families and day trips with your weighting.

Wellington
Best match
49match

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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOrlandoWellington
Official language-English, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number911111
Elevation34 m0 m
Main airportOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureOrlandoWellington
City population334,854216,200
People per km²1,086487
Museums within 10 km1112
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.