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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
Flinders Street Station, Melbourne
MelbourneFlinders Street Station

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Melbourne by Medelam, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Florianopolis or Melbourne?

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
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Melbourne for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Melbourne’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, Melbourne 50: Florianopolis leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Melbourne 75: Melbourne leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Melbourne 57: Melbourne leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Melbourne 75: Melbourne leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Melbourne 70: Florianopolis leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Melbourne 62: Melbourne leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Melbourne 73: Melbourne leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Melbourne 76: Melbourne leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Melbourne 70: Melbourne leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Melbourne 31: Florianopolis leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Melbourne 72: Melbourne leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Melbourne 54: Melbourne leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Melbourne.

Your match

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

Florianopolis
52match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Melbourne
Best match
64match

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

Melbourne in July

14 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FlorianopolisMelbourne

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Melbourne: 1991-2020 normals, Latrobe University / Kingsbury (13.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisMelbourne
Official languagePortugueseEnglish
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCN60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193000
Elevation3 m31 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsMelbourne Airport (MEL)19 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisMelbourne
City population587,4865,350,705
People per km²870535
Museums within 10 km1143
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.