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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
Swayambhunath with its prayer flags, Kathmandu
KathmanduSwayambhunath with its prayer flags

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Kathmandu by Nabin K. Sapkota, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Florianopolis or Kathmandu?

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
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Kathmandu for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Kathmandu’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, Kathmandu 4: Florianopolis leads by 81 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Kathmandu 55: Florianopolis leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Kathmandu 82: Kathmandu leads by 49 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Kathmandu 36: Florianopolis leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Kathmandu 70: Florianopolis leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Kathmandu 56: Kathmandu leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Kathmandu 20: Florianopolis leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Kathmandu 25: Florianopolis leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Kathmandu 55: Kathmandu leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Kathmandu 97: Kathmandu leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis and Kathmandu are level on 28.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis and Kathmandu are level on 45.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Kathmandu.

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 families with your weighting.

Kathmandu
48match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Kathmandu in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
384 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FlorianopolisKathmandu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Kathmandu: 1991-2020 normals, Kathmandu Airport (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisKathmandu
Official languagePortugueseNepali
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Nepalese Rupee (NPR)
SocketsCN60 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+5:45
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193Police 100, ambulance 102, fire 101
Elevation3 m1,300 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsTribhuvan International Airport (KTM)4 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisKathmandu
City population587,486845,767
People per km²87017,121
Museums within 10 km119
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.