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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; London by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Florianopolis or London?

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
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose London for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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, London 25: Florianopolis leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, London 84: London leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, London 94: London leads by 61 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, London 88: London leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, London 57: Florianopolis leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, London 90: London leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, London 82: London leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, London 85: London leads by 57 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, London 95: London leads by 62 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, London 15: Florianopolis leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, London 98: London leads by 70 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, London 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 London.

Your match

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

Florianopolis
52match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

London
Best match
71match

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

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FlorianopolisLondon

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisLondon
Official languagePortugueseEnglish
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCN60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112 or 999
Elevation3 m4 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisLondon
City population587,4868,799,728
People per km²8705,598
Museums within 10 km11216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
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.