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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0.

Cadiz 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 Cadiz for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Florianopolis for

  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Cadiz 80, Florianopolis 85: Florianopolis leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Florianopolis 58: Cadiz leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Florianopolis 33: Cadiz leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Florianopolis 78: Florianopolis leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Florianopolis 50: Cadiz leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Cadiz and Florianopolis are level on 60.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Florianopolis 28: Cadiz leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Florianopolis 33: Cadiz leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Florianopolis 28: Cadiz leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Florianopolis 45: Florianopolis leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Florianopolis.

Your match

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

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Florianopolis
52match

Wins on nightlife 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.

Cadiz in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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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CadizFlorianopolis

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

Before you go

MeasureCadizFlorianopolis
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
Elevation11 m3 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizFlorianopolis
City population109,950587,486
People per km²9,087870
Museums within 10 km1111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.