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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
The Johannesburg skyline and the Hillbrow Tower, Johannesburg
JohannesburgThe Johannesburg skyline and the Hillbrow Tower

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Johannesburg by K, Pexels License.

Florianopolis or Johannesburg?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Johannesburg for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Johannesburg’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, Johannesburg 5: Florianopolis leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis and Johannesburg are level on 58.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Johannesburg 56: Johannesburg leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Johannesburg 62: Johannesburg leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Johannesburg 55: Florianopolis leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Johannesburg 52: Johannesburg leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Johannesburg 42: Florianopolis leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Johannesburg 18: Florianopolis leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Johannesburg 58: Johannesburg leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Johannesburg 72: Johannesburg leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Johannesburg 55: Johannesburg leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Johannesburg 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 Johannesburg.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Johannesburg
47match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Johannesburg in July

19 °Cdaytime high
4 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FlorianopolisJohannesburg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Johannesburg: 2005-2019 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Johannesburg B / Roosevelt Park (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisJohannesburg
Official languagePortugueseEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign Language
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Rand (ZAR)
SocketsCN60 HzCMN230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+2
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation3 m1,753 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsO.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB)22 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisJohannesburg
City population587,4864,803,262
People per km²8702,922
Museums within 10 km1114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.