California vs Florida
The verdict
California takes 6 of 7
Warmer winter escape
Florida
61°F vs 71°F Dec–Feb avg high
Cooler summer
California
84°F vs 90°F Jun–Aug avg high
Beach trip
California
192 vs 21 beaches
Museum hopping
California
384 vs 143 museums
Great outdoors
California
3,364 vs 814 parks & viewpoints
Foodie weekend
California
6,370 vs 1,984 notable restaurants
Best in October
California
100% vs 50% of regions in season
Tale of the tape
CaliforniaFlorida
- 4,2851,127Sights
- 6,3701,984Restaurants & cafés
- 384143Museums
- 3,321813Parks & nature
- 19221Beaches
- 431Viewpoints
- 66Regions
Weather, month by month
Average daily high across each state's regions, from last year's weather. Hover for details.
| Month | California | Florida |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 61 | 65 |
| Feb | 63 | 76 |
| Mar | 64 | 77 |
| Apr | 71 | 84 |
| May | 78 | 89 |
| Jun | 82 | 89 |
| Jul | 83 | 91 |
| Aug | 87 | 90 |
| Sep | 84 | 87 |
| Oct | 74 | 82 |
| Nov | 66 | 77 |
| Dec | 60 | 73 |
California
- January: Mixed
- February: Mixed
- March: Mixed
- April: Peak season
- May: Peak season
- June: Good
- July: Mixed
- August: Good
- September: Mixed
- October: Peak season
- November: Good
- December: Mixed
Florida
- January: Good
- February: Peak season
- March: Peak season
- April: Good
- May: Mixed
- June: Off season
- July: Off season
- August: Off season
- September: Mixed
- October: Good
- November: Peak season
- December: Peak season
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