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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Florianopolis or Las Vegas?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Las Vegas for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Las Vegas’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, Las Vegas 10: Florianopolis leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Las Vegas 25: Florianopolis leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Las Vegas 88: Las Vegas leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Las Vegas 68: Florianopolis leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Las Vegas 25: Florianopolis leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Las Vegas 25: Florianopolis leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Las Vegas 38: Las Vegas leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Las Vegas 64: Las Vegas leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Las Vegas 35: Florianopolis leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Las Vegas 78: Las Vegas leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Las Vegas 40: Florianopolis leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Las Vegas.

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.

Las Vegas
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

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FlorianopolisLas Vegas

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisLas Vegas
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCN60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193911
Elevation3 m610 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisLas Vegas
City population587,486641,903
People per km²8701,843
Museums within 10 km1121
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.