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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0.

Acapulco or Florianopolis?

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 Acapulco for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • getting around

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

Choose Florianopolis for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Florianopolis’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. Acapulco 80, Florianopolis 85: Florianopolis leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, Florianopolis 58: Florianopolis leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Florianopolis 33: Florianopolis leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Florianopolis 60: Acapulco leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, Florianopolis 78: Florianopolis leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Florianopolis 50: Florianopolis leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Florianopolis 28: Acapulco leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Florianopolis 33: Florianopolis leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Florianopolis 60: Acapulco leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Florianopolis 28: Florianopolis leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, Florianopolis 45: Florianopolis leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Florianopolis.

Your match

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

Acapulco
44match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Florianopolis
Best match
52match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Acapulco in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
226 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Florianopolis in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AcapulcoFlorianopolis

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoFlorianopolis
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaPortuguese
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-3
Emergency number911Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation18 m3 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoFlorianopolis
City population658,609587,486
People per km²350870
Museums within 10 km311
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months7 months

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.