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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License.

Florianopolis or La Spezia?

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

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose La Spezia for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on La Spezia’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, La Spezia 60: Florianopolis leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis and La Spezia are level on 58.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, La Spezia 40: La Spezia leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, La Spezia 28: Florianopolis leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, La Spezia 79: La Spezia leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, La Spezia 87: La Spezia leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, La Spezia 48: Florianopolis leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, La Spezia 70: La Spezia leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, La Spezia 35: La Spezia leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, La Spezia 50: Florianopolis leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis and La Spezia are level on 28.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, La Spezia 32: Florianopolis leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and La Spezia.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Florianopolis
52match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

La Spezia
51match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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

La Spezia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
20 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

La Spezia's temperatures are measured 65 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

La Spezia has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). La Spezia: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (64.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisLa Spezia
Official languagePortugueseItalian
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCN60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation3 m3 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisLa Spezia
City population587,48692,119
People per km²8701,792
Museums within 10 km1112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months4 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.