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The Sagrada Família, Barcelona
BarcelonaThe Sagrada Família
Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis

Photos: Barcelona by Canaan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0.

Barcelona 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 Barcelona for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • shopping

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

Choose Florianopolis for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • wellness

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. Barcelona 75, Florianopolis 85: Florianopolis leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Barcelona 82, Florianopolis 58: Barcelona leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Barcelona 86, Florianopolis 33: Barcelona leads by 53 points.
Nightlife. Barcelona 82, Florianopolis 60: Barcelona leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Barcelona 72, Florianopolis 78: Florianopolis leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Barcelona 80, Florianopolis 50: Barcelona leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Barcelona 76, Florianopolis 60: Barcelona leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Barcelona 80, Florianopolis 28: Barcelona leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Barcelona 75, Florianopolis 33: Barcelona leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Barcelona 44, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Barcelona 70, Florianopolis 28: Barcelona leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Barcelona 38, Florianopolis 45: Florianopolis leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Barcelona and Florianopolis.

Your match

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

Barcelona
Best match
72match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

Florianopolis
52match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Barcelona in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °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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BarcelonaFlorianopolis

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Barcelona: 1991-2020 normals, Barcelona / Aeropuerto (14.4 km from centre). Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarcelonaFlorianopolis
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
Elevation9 m3 m
Main airportJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN)13 km from centre235 non-stop destinationsHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarcelonaFlorianopolis
City population1,731,649587,486
People per km²17,094870
Museums within 10 km9511
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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.