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The Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens, Adelaide
AdelaideThe Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens
Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0.

Adelaide 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 Adelaide for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Florianopolis for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • beaches

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. Adelaide 68, Florianopolis 85: Florianopolis leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, Florianopolis 58: Adelaide leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Florianopolis 33: Adelaide leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide 42, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide 66, Florianopolis 78: Florianopolis leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, Florianopolis 50: Adelaide leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Florianopolis 60: Adelaide leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Florianopolis 28: Adelaide leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide 44, Florianopolis 33: Adelaide leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Florianopolis 28: Adelaide leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, Florianopolis 45: Florianopolis leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Florianopolis.

Your match

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

Adelaide
Best match
56match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around with your weighting.

Florianopolis
52match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Adelaide in July

16 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 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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AdelaideFlorianopolis

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaideFlorianopolis
Official languageEnglishPortuguese
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9:30, UTC+10:30 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number000Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation1 m3 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaideFlorianopolis
City population1,387,290587,486
People per km²1,071870
Museums within 10 km1311
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months7 months

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.