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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0.

Alicante 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 Alicante for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Florianopolis for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • 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. Alicante 82, Florianopolis 85: Florianopolis leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Florianopolis 58: Alicante leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Florianopolis 33: Alicante leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Alicante and Florianopolis are level on 60.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Florianopolis 78: Florianopolis leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Florianopolis 50: Alicante leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Florianopolis 60: Alicante leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Florianopolis 28: Alicante leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Florianopolis 33: Alicante leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Alicante and Florianopolis are level on 60.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Florianopolis 28: Alicante leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Florianopolis 45: Florianopolis leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Florianopolis.

Your match

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

Alicante
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Florianopolis
52match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Alicante in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteFlorianopolis
Official languageSpanishPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation3 m3 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteFlorianopolis
City population366,221587,486
People per km²1,819870
Museums within 10 km811
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.