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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0.

Dublin 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 Dublin for

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

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

Choose Florianopolis for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • 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. Dublin 27, Florianopolis 85: Florianopolis leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Florianopolis 58: Florianopolis leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Florianopolis 33: Dublin leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Florianopolis 60: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Florianopolis 78: Florianopolis leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Florianopolis 50: Dublin leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Florianopolis 28: Dublin leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Florianopolis 33: Dublin leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Florianopolis 28: Dublin leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Florianopolis 45: Florianopolis leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Florianopolis.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Dublin
53match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Florianopolis
52match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 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. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinFlorianopolis
Official languageEnglish, IrishPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation20 m3 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinFlorianopolis
City population592,713587,486
People per km²5,154870
Museums within 10 km4011
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone7 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.