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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
A purple lifeguard tower on South Beach, Miami Beach
Miami BeachA purple lifeguard tower on South Beach

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Miami Beach by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Florianopolis or Miami Beach?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Miami Beach for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami Beach’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, Miami Beach 92: Miami Beach leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Miami Beach 62: Miami Beach leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Miami Beach 52: Miami Beach leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Miami Beach 80: Miami Beach leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Miami Beach 52: Florianopolis leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Miami Beach 55: Miami Beach leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis and Miami Beach are level on 60.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Miami Beach 58: Miami Beach leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Miami Beach 55: Miami Beach leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Miami Beach 20: Florianopolis leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Miami Beach 55: Miami Beach leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Miami Beach 48: Miami Beach leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Miami Beach.

Your match

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

Florianopolis
52match

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

Miami Beach
Best match
57match

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

Miami Beach in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 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). Miami Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (18.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisMiami Beach
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCN60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193911
Elevation3 m1 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)16 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisMiami Beach
City population587,48682,890
People per km²8702,109
Museums within 10 km1114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months12 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.