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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
Galway Cathedral from the River Corrib, Galway
GalwayGalway Cathedral from the River Corrib

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Galway by Dieglop, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Florianopolis or Galway?

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 Florianopolis for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • families

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

Choose Galway for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Galway’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. Florianopolis 85, Galway 28: Florianopolis leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Galway 45: Florianopolis leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis and Galway are level on 33.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Galway 50: Florianopolis leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis and Galway are level on 78.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Galway 56: Galway leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Galway 42: Florianopolis leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Galway 58: Galway leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Galway 38: Galway leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Galway 28: Florianopolis leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Galway 57: Galway leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Galway 28: Florianopolis leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Galway.

Your match

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

Florianopolis
Best match
52match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Galway
45match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Galway in July

20 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Galway's temperatures are measured 64 km from the centre, at Shannon Airport.

Galway 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Galway: 1991-2020 normals, Shannon Airport (64.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisGalway
Official languagePortugueseEnglish, Irish
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCN60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation3 m25 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsShannon Airport (SNN)64 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisGalway
City population587,48683,456
People per km²8701,563
Museums within 10 km114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 monthsNone

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.