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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License.

Florianopolis or Honolulu?

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

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • day trips

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

Choose Honolulu for

  • shopping
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Honolulu’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, Honolulu 91: Honolulu leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Honolulu 70: Honolulu leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Honolulu 55: Honolulu leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Honolulu 45: Florianopolis leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Honolulu 88: Honolulu leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Honolulu 38: Florianopolis leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Honolulu 80: Honolulu leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Honolulu 52: Honolulu leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Honolulu 60: Honolulu leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Honolulu 15: Florianopolis leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Honolulu 40: Honolulu leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Honolulu 50: Honolulu leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Honolulu.

Your match

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

Florianopolis
52match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Honolulu
Best match
57match

Wins on shopping 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

Honolulu in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FlorianopolisHonolulu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisHonolulu
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCN60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-10
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193911
Elevation3 m12 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisHonolulu
City population587,486350,964
People per km²8701,981
Museums within 10 km1112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months12 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.