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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
The railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield, Manchester
ManchesterThe railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Manchester by IIya Kuzhekin, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Florianopolis or Manchester?

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
  • wellness
  • prices

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

Choose Manchester for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Manchester’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, Manchester 9: Florianopolis leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Manchester 51: Florianopolis leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Manchester 50: Manchester leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Manchester 72: Manchester leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Manchester 64: Florianopolis leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Manchester 77: Manchester leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Manchester 58: Florianopolis leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Manchester 68: Manchester leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Manchester 62: Manchester leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Manchester 42: Florianopolis leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Manchester 74: Manchester leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Manchester 15: Florianopolis leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Manchester.

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 beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Manchester
54match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around 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

Manchester in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
60 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 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). Manchester: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (14.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisManchester
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 m38 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsManchester Airport (MAN)15 km from centre211 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisManchester
City population587,486547,627
People per km²8704,737
Museums within 10 km1128
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 monthsNone

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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.