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The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza
Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis

Photos: Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0.

Cairo 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 Cairo for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • shopping

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

Choose Florianopolis for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Cairo 10, Florianopolis 85: Florianopolis leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Cairo 60, Florianopolis 58: Cairo leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Cairo 96, Florianopolis 33: Cairo leads by 63 points.
Nightlife. Cairo 48, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cairo 30, Florianopolis 78: Florianopolis leads by 48 points.
Day trips. Cairo 66, Florianopolis 50: Cairo leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Cairo 32, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Cairo 35, Florianopolis 28: Cairo leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Cairo 58, Florianopolis 33: Cairo leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Cairo 95, Florianopolis 60: Cairo leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cairo 50, Florianopolis 28: Cairo leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cairo 15, Florianopolis 45: Florianopolis leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cairo 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

Cairo
50match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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.

Cairo in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cairo: 1991-2020 normals, Helwan (21.9 km from centre). Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCairoFlorianopolis
Official languageArabicPortuguese
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation23 m3 m
Main airportCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinationsHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCairoFlorianopolis
City population9,801,536587,486
People per km²18,564870
Museums within 10 km4811
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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). 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.