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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Florianopolis or Hong Kong?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Hong Kong for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Hong Kong’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, Hong Kong 50: Florianopolis leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Hong Kong 90: Hong Kong leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Hong Kong 60: Hong Kong leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Hong Kong 68: Hong Kong leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Hong Kong 80: Hong Kong leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Hong Kong 68: Hong Kong leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Hong Kong 75: Hong Kong leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Hong Kong 97: Hong Kong leads by 69 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Hong Kong 88: Hong Kong leads by 55 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Hong Kong 27: Florianopolis leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Hong Kong 55: Hong Kong leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Hong Kong 42: Florianopolis leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Hong Kong.

Your match

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

Florianopolis
52match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Hong Kong
Best match
67match

Wins on getting around and shopping 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

Hong Kong in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
381 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FlorianopolisHong Kong

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisHong Kong
Official languagePortugueseStandard Chinese
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Hong Kong Dollar (HKD)
SocketsCN60 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193999
Elevation3 m7 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisHong Kong
City population587,4867,413,070
People per km²870-
Museums within 10 km1139
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months8 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). 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.