Map of Fort Lauderdale, United States

Fort Lauderdale is a city in Florida, United States, with a population of about 183,146. It lies at 26.1223°N, 80.1434°W, about 1 m above sea level. Fort Lauderdale is about 1,450 km (901 mi) south of Washington, D.C., the capital. The nearest city on our map is Sunrise, 3 km to the northeast.

Fort Lauderdale at a glance

Where is Fort Lauderdale?

• The 8th largest city in Florida on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 10 h 30 min on the shortest day to 13 h 46 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Fort Lauderdale

• Sunrise — 3 km northeast
• Oakland Park — 6 km north
• Lauderhill — 7 km west
• Lauderdale Lakes — 8 km northwest
• Plantation — 9 km west
• Davie — 11 km southwest
• Hollywood — 12 km south
• Pompano Beach — 13 km north
• North Lauderdale — 13 km northwest
• Tamarac — 15 km northwest

Largest cities in Florida

• Jacksonville — 1,009,833
• Miami — 487,014
• Tampa — 414,547
• Orlando — 334,854
• St. Petersburg — 257,083
• Hialeah — 237,069
• Tallahassee — 201,731
• Cape Coral — 175,229
• Pembroke Pines — 166,611
• Port Saint Lucie — 164,603

Largest cities in United States

• New York City — 8,804,190
• Los Angeles — 3,820,914
• Brooklyn — 2,736,074
• Chicago — 2,664,452
• Queens — 2,316,841
• Houston — 2,314,157
• Phoenix — 1,650,070
• Philadelphia — 1,573,916
• San Antonio — 1,526,656
• Manhattan — 1,487,536

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.