Region · United States
Where to stay in Florida
This guide covers 80 destinations in Florida, a first-level administrative division of United States, with 565 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Jacksonville, Miami and Tampa. Across its destinations, December to February are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL).
- Destinations in this guide
- 80
- Places to stay
- 565
- Comfortable in the most places
- December to February
- Main airport
- FLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport
- Currency
- USDUnited States dollar
- Time zone
- America/New York
Destinations
Destinations in Florida
Every destination in this guide in Florida, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Beach | 82,890 | 175 | MIA · 16 km |
| Miami | 442,241 | 37 | MIA · 10 km |
| Orlando | 334,854 | 32 | MCO · 14 km |
| Kissimmee | 79,226 | 32 | MCO · 17 km |
| Four Corners | 56,381 | 31 | MCO · 34 km |
| Horizon West | 58,101 | 22 | MCO · 31 km |
| North Miami | 60,191 | 21 | OPF · 9 km |
| Fort Lauderdale | 182,760 | 18 | FLL · 7 km |
| West Palm Beach | 117,415 | 18 | DJT · 4 km |
| Sarasota | 54,842 | 15 | SRQ · 7 km |
| Tampa | 384,959 | 12 | TPA · 8 km |
| Clearwater | 117,292 | 12 | PIE · 13 km |
| Bonita Springs | 53,644 | 12 | RSW · 21 km |
| St. Petersburg | 258,308 | 10 | PIE · 16 km |
| Hollywood | 153,067 | 10 | FLL · 6 km |
| Jacksonville | 949,611 | 8 | JAX · 20 km |
| Tallahassee | 196,169 | 7 | TLH · 8 km |
| Melbourne | 84,678 | 6 | MLB · 4 km |
| Cape Coral | 194,016 | 5 | RSW · 25 km |
| Deerfield Beach | 86,859 | 5 | FLL · 28 km |
| Daytona Beach | 72,647 | 5 | DAB · 5 km |
| Delray Beach | 66,846 | 5 | DJT · 25 km |
| Bradenton | 55,698 | 5 | SRQ · 10 km |
| Pompano Beach | 112,046 | 4 | FLL · 18 km |
| Doral | 75,874 | 4 | MIA · 7 km |
| Pinellas Park | 53,093 | 4 | PIE · 7 km |
| Gainesville | 141,085 | 3 | GNV · 7 km |
| Town 'n' Country | 85,951 | 3 | TPA · 6 km |
| Boynton Beach | 80,380 | 3 | DJT · 17 km |
| Ocala | 63,591 | 3 | GNV · 57 km |
| Sanford | 61,051 | 3 | SFB · 4 km |
| Port Charlotte | 60,625 | 3 | PGD · 14 km |
| Hialeah | 223,109 | 2 | OPF · 5 km |
| Port St. Lucie | 204,851 | 2 | VRB · 43 km |
| Lakeland | 112,641 | 2 | LAL · 8 km |
| Boca Raton | 97,422 | 2 | FLL · 33 km |
| Plantation | 91,750 | 2 | FLL · 11 km |
| Fort Myers | 86,395 | 2 | RSW · 12 km |
| Poinciana | 69,309 | 2 | MCO · 35 km |
| Palm Harbor | 61,366 | 2 | PIE · 20 km |
| Jupiter | 61,047 | 2 | DJT · 27 km |
| Fountainbleau | 59,870 | 2 | MIA · 6 km |
| Pensacola | 54,312 | 2 | PNS · 6 km |
| Davie | 105,691 | 1 | FLL · 8 km |
| Largo | 82,485 | 1 | PIE · 10 km |
| Kendall | 80,241 | 1 | MIA · 16 km |
| North Port | 74,793 | 1 | PGD · 24 km |
| Pine Hills | 66,111 | 1 | MCO · 23 km |
| Port Orange | 62,596 | 1 | DAB · 9 km |
| Palm Beach Gardens | 59,182 | 1 | DJT · 20 km |
| Westchester | 56,384 | 1 | MIA · 7 km |
| Apopka | 54,873 | 1 | SFB · 29 km |
| Tamiami | 54,212 | 1 | MIA · 12 km |
| Pembroke Pines | 171,178 | OPF · 12 km | |
| Miramar | 134,721 | OPF · 8 km | |
| Coral Springs | 134,394 | FLL · 24 km | |
| Palm Bay | 119,760 | MLB · 12 km | |
| Brandon | 114,626 | TPA · 24 km | |
| Lehigh Acres | 114,287 | RSW · 14 km | |
| Spring Hill | 113,568 | TPA · 56 km | |
| Miami Gardens | 111,640 | OPF · 5 km | |
| Riverview | 107,396 | TPA · 24 km | |
| Sunrise | 97,335 | FLL · 16 km | |
| Deltona | 93,692 | SFB · 15 km | |
| Alafaya | 92,452 | MCO · 17 km | |
| Palm Coast | 89,258 | DAB · 43 km | |
| Homestead | 80,737 | MIA · 41 km | |
| The Villages | 79,077 | SFB · 74 km | |
| Lauderhill | 74,482 | FLL · 13 km | |
| Tamarac | 71,897 | FLL · 18 km | |
| Weston | 68,107 | FLL · 24 km | |
| Wesley Chapel | 64,866 | TPA · 29 km | |
| Wellington | 61,637 | DJT · 16 km | |
| Carol City | 61,233 | OPF · 5 km | |
| The Hammocks | 59,480 | MIA · 20 km | |
| St. Cloud | 58,964 | MCO · 20 km | |
| Margate | 58,712 | FLL · 20 km | |
| Coconut Creek | 57,833 | FLL · 23 km | |
| Kendale Lakes | 55,646 | MIA · 16 km | |
| University | 50,893 | TPA · 14 km |
Where to stay
Hotels in Florida
565 hotels in Florida recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
When to go
Best time to visit Florida
From the climate of 80 destinations in Florida with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: December to February.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 75 of 80 | 24 °C | 70 mm |
| February | 77 of 80 | 25 °C | 64 mm |
| March | 53 of 80 | 27 °C | 73 mm |
| April | 16 of 80 | 28 °C | 94 mm |
| May | 0 of 80 | 31 °C | 98 mm |
| June | 0 of 80 | 32 °C | 216 mm |
| July | 0 of 80 | 33 °C | 196 mm |
| August | 0 of 80 | 33 °C | 207 mm |
| September | 0 of 80 | 32 °C | 215 mm |
| October | 0 of 80 | 30 °C | 137 mm |
| November | 42 of 80 | 27 °C | 59 mm |
| December | 78 of 80 | 25 °C | 53 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Florida
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Florida name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
FLL · Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport
MIA · Miami International Airport
MCO · Orlando International Airport
TPA · Tampa International Airport
OPF · Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport
DJT · President Donald J. Trump International Airport
PIE · St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport
SFB · Orlando Sanford International Airport
RSW · Southwest Florida International Airport
DAB · Daytona Beach International Airport
SRQ · Sarasota Bradenton International Airport
PGD · Punta Gorda Airport
MLB · Melbourne Orlando International Airport
GNV · Gainesville Regional Airport
LAL · Lakeland Linder International Airport
VRB · Vero Beach Regional Airport
JAX · Jacksonville International Airport
PNS · Pensacola International Airport
TLH · Tallahassee International Airport
UST · Northeast Florida Regional Airport
VPS · Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport
DSI · Destin Executive Airport
VLD · Valdosta Regional Airport
ABY · Southwest Georgia Regional Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Florida, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in United States
Regional holidays observed in Florida
Nearby
Regions near Florida
Other regions of United States with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.