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The Atomium, Brussels
BrusselsThe Atomium
Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis

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

Brussels 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 Brussels for

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

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

Choose Florianopolis for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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. Brussels 18, Florianopolis 85: Florianopolis leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Brussels 72, Florianopolis 58: Brussels leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Brussels 74, Florianopolis 33: Brussels leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Brussels and Florianopolis are level on 60.
Nature & outdoors. Brussels 45, Florianopolis 78: Florianopolis leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Brussels 89, Florianopolis 50: Brussels leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Brussels and Florianopolis are level on 60.
Getting around. Brussels 72, Florianopolis 28: Brussels leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Brussels 62, Florianopolis 33: Brussels leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Brussels 40, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brussels 68, Florianopolis 28: Brussels leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brussels 33, Florianopolis 45: Florianopolis leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brussels and Florianopolis.

Your match

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

Brussels
Best match
58match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights 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.

Brussels in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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BrusselsFlorianopolis

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brussels: 1991-2020 normals, Uccle (5.2 km from centre). Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrusselsFlorianopolis
Official languageFrench, German, DutchPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation70 m3 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)11 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrusselsFlorianopolis
City population195,546587,486
People per km²5,908870
Museums within 10 km10611
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km100
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.