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Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom
The Limmat from Quaibrücke, Zurich
ZurichThe Limmat from Quaibrücke

Photos: Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Zurich by Daniel Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Orlando or Zurich?

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

  • prices
  • families

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

Choose Zurich for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Zurich’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, Zurich 45: Zurich leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Orlando 48, Zurich 53: Zurich leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Orlando 22, Zurich 58: Zurich leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Orlando 40, Zurich 62: Zurich leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Orlando 46, Zurich 80: Zurich leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Orlando 58, Zurich 84: Zurich leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Orlando 98, Zurich 76: Orlando leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Orlando 8, Zurich 95: Zurich leads by 87 points.
Shopping & style. Orlando 58, Zurich 66: Zurich leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Orlando 36, Zurich 3: Orlando leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Orlando 40, Zurich 70: Zurich leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Orlando 32, Zurich 58: Zurich leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Orlando and Zurich.

Your match

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

Orlando
44match

Wins on prices and families with your weighting.

Zurich
Best match
63match

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
14 hdaylight a day

Zurich in July

24 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
126 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre). Zurich: 1991-2020 normals, Zurich Town / Ville. (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOrlandoZurich
Official language-French, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation34 m408 m
Main airportOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)9 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureOrlandoZurich
City population334,854440,935
People per km²1,0865,016
Museums within 10 km1163
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.