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Wat Pho, Bangkok
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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
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Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0.

Bangkok 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 Bangkok for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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

Choose Florianopolis for

  • beaches
  • 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. Bangkok 12, Florianopolis 85: Florianopolis leads by 73 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Florianopolis 58: Bangkok leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Florianopolis 33: Bangkok leads by 47 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Florianopolis 60: Bangkok leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Florianopolis 78: Florianopolis leads by 53 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Florianopolis 50: Bangkok leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Florianopolis 28: Bangkok leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Florianopolis 33: Bangkok leads by 47 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Florianopolis 60: Bangkok leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Florianopolis 28: Bangkok leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Florianopolis 45: Bangkok leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Florianopolis.

Your match

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

Bangkok
Best match
63match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping with your weighting.

Florianopolis
52match

Wins on beaches 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.

Bangkok in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
184 mmrain in the month
5 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokFlorianopolis
Official languageThaiPortuguese
CurrencyBaht (THB)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation2 m3 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokFlorianopolis
City population5,676,648587,486
People per km²3,619870
Museums within 10 km5911
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.