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Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno
Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis

Photos: Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0.

Florence 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 Florence for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Florianopolis for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Florence 14, Florianopolis 85: Florianopolis leads by 71 points.
Food & drink. Florence 74, Florianopolis 58: Florence leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Florence 94, Florianopolis 33: Florence leads by 61 points.
Nightlife. Florence 42, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florence 58, Florianopolis 78: Florianopolis leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Florence 98, Florianopolis 50: Florence leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Florence 45, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Florence 78, Florianopolis 28: Florence leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Florence 72, Florianopolis 33: Florence leads by 39 points.
Affordability. Florence 35, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florence 58, Florianopolis 28: Florence leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florence 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: Florence and Florianopolis.

Your match

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

Florence
Best match
59match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around 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.

Florence in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
37 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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Where the figures come from

Florence has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Florence's sunshine is measured 71 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florence: 1995-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Firenze / Peretola (5.6 km from centre). Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorenceFlorianopolis
Official languageItalianPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation50 m3 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorenceFlorianopolis
City population360,930587,486
People per km²3,528870
Museums within 10 km14111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
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.