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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0.

Florianopolis or Hobart?

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
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Hobart for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Hobart’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, Hobart 30: Florianopolis leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Hobart 60: Hobart leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Hobart 56: Hobart leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Hobart 30: Florianopolis leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Hobart 85: Hobart leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Hobart 60: Hobart leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Hobart 56: Florianopolis leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Hobart 45: Hobart leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Hobart 38: Hobart leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Hobart 35: Florianopolis leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Hobart 45: Hobart leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Hobart 40: Florianopolis leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Hobart.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Hobart
48match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around 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

Hobart in July

13 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
9 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FlorianopolisHobart

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisHobart
Official languagePortugueseEnglish
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCN60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193000
Elevation3 m54 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisHobart
City population587,486197,451
People per km²870116
Museums within 10 km118
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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. 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.