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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis

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

Brisbane 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 Brisbane for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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

Choose Florianopolis for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nightlife

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. Brisbane 55, Florianopolis 85: Florianopolis leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Florianopolis 58: Brisbane leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Florianopolis 33: Brisbane leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Florianopolis 78: Florianopolis leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Brisbane and Florianopolis are level on 50.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Florianopolis 60: Brisbane leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Florianopolis 28: Brisbane leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Florianopolis 33: Brisbane leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Florianopolis 28: Brisbane leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 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: Brisbane and Florianopolis.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Brisbane
54match

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

Florianopolis
52match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 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. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneFlorianopolis
Official languageEnglishPortuguese
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10UTC-3
Emergency number000Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation0 m3 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneFlorianopolis
City population2,706,966587,486
People per km²171870
Museums within 10 km1611
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 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.