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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
La Major cathedral from the harbour, Marseille
MarseilleLa Major cathedral from the harbour

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Marseille by Charlotte Noblet, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Florianopolis or Marseille?

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
  • families

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

Choose Marseille for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Marseille’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, Marseille 72: Florianopolis leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Marseille 67: Marseille leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Marseille 63: Marseille leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Marseille 57: Florianopolis leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Marseille 83: Marseille leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Marseille 86: Marseille leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Marseille 50: Florianopolis leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Marseille 57: Marseille leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Marseille 47: Marseille leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Marseille 45: Florianopolis leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Marseille 56: Marseille leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Marseille 37: Florianopolis leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Marseille.

Your match

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Florianopolis
52match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Marseille
Best match
60match

Wins on day trips 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

Marseille in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FlorianopolisMarseille

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Marseille: 1991-2020 normals, Marseille / Marignane (20.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisMarseille
Official languagePortugueseFrench
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCN60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation3 m0 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)21 km from centre126 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisMarseille
City population587,486886,040
People per km²8703,683
Museums within 10 km1127
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months2 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.