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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
The cathedral from the gardens, Malaga
MalagaThe cathedral from the gardens

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Malaga by Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Florianopolis or Malaga?

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 Malaga for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Malaga’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, Malaga 77: Florianopolis leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Malaga 68: Malaga leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Malaga 65: Malaga leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Malaga 62: Malaga leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Malaga 73: Florianopolis leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Malaga 87: Malaga leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Malaga 70: Malaga leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Malaga 70: Malaga leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Malaga 55: Malaga leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Malaga 55: Florianopolis leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Malaga 45: Malaga leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Malaga 42: Florianopolis leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Malaga.

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.

Malaga
Best match
64match

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

Malaga in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FlorianopolisMalaga

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Malaga: 1991-2020 normals, Malaga / Aeropuerto (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisMalaga
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 m18 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsMálaga-Costa del Sol Airport (AGP)8 km from centre166 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisMalaga
City population587,486599,063
People per km²8701,517
Museums within 10 km1132
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months3 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.