Fort Lauderdale
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About
Fort Lauderdale is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Florida, 30 miles (48 km) north of Miami along the Atlantic Ocean. It is the seat of government of and most populous city in Broward County with a population of 182,760 at the 2020 census, making it the tenth-most populous city in Florida. After Miami and Hialeah, Fort Lauderdale is the third-most populous city in the Miami Metro Area, which had a population of 6,166,488 in 2019.
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Why visit
Visit Fort Lauderdale for markets, streets, food, and public squares. Use Fort Lauderdale to connect cultural institutions with streets, food, public space, and nearby landscape rather than treating each stop separately. A good itinerary should stay selective. Use one main anchor in Fort Lauderdale, then build outward only to places that sit naturally nearby. That keeps the visit to Fort Lauderdale legible and leaves time for ordinary streets to do their work. When Fort Lauderdale opens onto beaches, hills, rivers, gardens, or nearby towns, add them only when they sharpen the trip.
When to avoid
Avoid Fort Lauderdale during spring break if you want quiet beaches, easy restaurant reservations, and moderate hotel prices. Late February through early April can bring heavy nightlife traffic and crowded waterfront areas. Hurricane season runs from June through November, with the highest practical risk in late summer and early autumn. Check forecasts closely before booking.
Summer (May-October)
In Fort Lauderdale, the warm season usually means June through August. Heat and rain patterns in Fort Lauderdale deserve more attention than the calendar label. A warm day in Fort Lauderdale works best when outdoor observation is broken up by museums, churches, cafes, or galleries. For Fort Lauderdale, morning and evening are better for exposed walking; interiors should do more of the work in between.
Winter Rainy Season
The cooler, drier, or less humid months can be the more comfortable period in Fort Lauderdale. The drier cooler season in Fort Lauderdale usually gives the most comfortable walking conditions. For Fort Lauderdale, ask whether weather or reduced services will limit walking, ferries, beaches, and day trips. The season suits Fort Lauderdale best when museums, churches, cafes, galleries, and short neighborhood walks form the structure of the day. For Fort Lauderdale, shorten exposed walks, verify opening times, and avoid making a late or wet return depend on weak transport links.
The next week in Fort Lauderdale
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Overcast
32° / 21°
UV Very high
Sat
Overcast
30° / 21°
UV Very high
Sun
Showers
29° / 25°
7.7 mm
UV Very high
Mon
Drizzle
29° / 27°
1.5 mm
UV Very high
Tue
Showers
29° / 27°
7.8 mm
UV Very high
Wed
Drizzle
29° / 27°
1.0 mm
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
32° / 20°
Typical high / low
4 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
13.4h
06:34 – 19:58local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Fort Lauderdale
5 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL) at 6 km.
Getting around Fort Lauderdale
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, City of Fort Lauderdale ; josedar (SVG conversion).
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.