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Cloud Gate in Millennium Park, Chicago
ChicagoCloud Gate in Millennium Park
Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis

Photos: Chicago by Jesus Toledo, Pexels License; Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0.

Chicago 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 Chicago for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Chicago’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. Chicago 50, Florianopolis 85: Florianopolis leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Chicago 80, Florianopolis 58: Chicago leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Chicago 78, Florianopolis 33: Chicago leads by 45 points.
Nightlife. Chicago 77, Florianopolis 60: Chicago leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chicago 48, Florianopolis 78: Florianopolis leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Chicago 42, Florianopolis 50: Florianopolis leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Chicago 78, Florianopolis 60: Chicago leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Chicago 72, Florianopolis 28: Chicago leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Chicago 70, Florianopolis 33: Chicago leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Chicago 33, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chicago 82, Florianopolis 28: Chicago leads by 54 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chicago 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: Chicago and Florianopolis.

Your match

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

Chicago
Best match
62match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

Chicago in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
102 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
21 °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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ChicagoFlorianopolis

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chicago: 1991-2020 normals, Chicago Midway Airport (14.5 km from centre). Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChicagoFlorianopolis
Official language-Portuguese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation179 m3 m
Main airportChicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)25 km from centre274 non-stop destinationsHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureChicagoFlorianopolis
City population2,746,388587,486
People per km²4,529870
Museums within 10 km4411
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month7 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). 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.