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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
The Royal Palace, Madrid
MadridThe Royal Palace

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Madrid by Mert Ocak, Pexels License.

Florianopolis or Madrid?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Madrid for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Madrid’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, Madrid 5: Florianopolis leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Madrid 80: Madrid leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Madrid 86: Madrid leads by 53 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Madrid 85: Madrid leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Madrid 60: Florianopolis leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Madrid 89: Madrid leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Madrid 68: Madrid leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Madrid 84: Madrid leads by 56 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Madrid 75: Madrid leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Madrid 50: Florianopolis leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Madrid 77: Madrid leads by 49 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Madrid 36: Florianopolis leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Madrid.

Your match

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

Florianopolis
52match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Madrid
Best match
66match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights 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

Madrid in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisMadrid
Official languagePortugueseSpanish
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCN60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation3 m663 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)14 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisMadrid
City population587,4863,506,730
People per km²8705,801
Museums within 10 km1188
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. 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.