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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
A skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin, Jasper
JasperA skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Florianopolis or Jasper?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Jasper for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Jasper’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, Jasper 25: Florianopolis leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Jasper 22: Florianopolis leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Jasper 10: Florianopolis leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Jasper 14: Florianopolis leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Jasper 95: Jasper leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Jasper 8: Florianopolis leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Jasper 42: Florianopolis leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Jasper 18: Florianopolis leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Jasper 12: Florianopolis leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Jasper 20: Florianopolis leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Jasper 7: Florianopolis leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Jasper 46: Jasper leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Jasper.

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.

Jasper
27match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Jasper in July

24 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FlorianopolisJasper

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Jasper: 1991-2020 normals, Jasper Warden (7.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisJasper
Official languagePortugueseFrench, English
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCN60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193911
Elevation3 m1,060 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsEdmonton International Airport (YEG)304 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisJasper
City population587,4864,738
People per km²8705
Museums within 10 km111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.