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The cathedral and Great St. Martin on the Rhine, Cologne
CologneThe cathedral and Great St. Martin on the Rhine
Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis

Photos: Cologne by Jörg Braukmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0.

Cologne 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 Cologne for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Cologne’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. Cologne 14, Florianopolis 85: Florianopolis leads by 71 points.
Food & drink. Cologne 52, Florianopolis 58: Florianopolis leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Cologne 67, Florianopolis 33: Cologne leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Cologne 66, Florianopolis 60: Cologne leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cologne 56, Florianopolis 78: Florianopolis leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Cologne 80, Florianopolis 50: Cologne leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Cologne 70, Florianopolis 60: Cologne leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Cologne 74, Florianopolis 28: Cologne leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Cologne 57, Florianopolis 33: Cologne leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Cologne 46, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cologne 68, Florianopolis 28: Cologne leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cologne 50, Florianopolis 45: Cologne leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cologne and Florianopolis.

Your match

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

Cologne
Best match
58match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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.

Cologne in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
81 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cologne: 1991-2020 normals, Köln-Stammheim (5.4 km from centre). Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCologneFlorianopolis
Official languageGermanPortuguese
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
Elevation59 m3 m
Main airportCologne Bonn Airport (CGN)15 km from centre115 non-stop destinationsHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCologneFlorianopolis
City population1,025,523587,486
People per km²2,532870
Museums within 10 km4011
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
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.