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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
Rathausquai on the Reuss, Lucerne
LucerneRathausquai on the Reuss

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Lucerne by ILOVESwitzerland, Pexels License.

Florianopolis or Lucerne?

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

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Lucerne for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Lucerne’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, Lucerne 35: Florianopolis leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Lucerne 35: Florianopolis leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Lucerne 58: Lucerne leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Lucerne 28: Florianopolis leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Lucerne 92: Lucerne leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Lucerne 78: Lucerne leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Lucerne 66: Lucerne leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Lucerne 86: Lucerne leads by 58 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Lucerne 46: Lucerne leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Lucerne 8: Florianopolis leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Lucerne 66: Lucerne leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Lucerne 46: Lucerne leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Lucerne.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Florianopolis
52match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Lucerne
54match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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

Lucerne in July

24 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
141 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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Where the figures come from

Lucerne 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.

Lucerne's sunshine is measured 42 km from the centre, at Zurich Town / Ville..

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Lucerne: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Emmen (4.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisLucerne
Official languagePortugueseFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsCN60 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation3 m436 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)49 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisLucerne
City population587,48686,234
People per km²8702,963
Museums within 10 km1114
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. 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.