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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
A bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay, Montego Bay
Montego BayA bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Montego Bay by Dre Dawkcide, Pexels License.

Florianopolis or Montego Bay?

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
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Montego Bay for

  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Montego Bay’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, Montego Bay 84: Florianopolis leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Montego Bay 50: Florianopolis leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Montego Bay 28: Florianopolis leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Montego Bay 42: Florianopolis leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Montego Bay 65: Florianopolis leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis and Montego Bay are level on 50.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Montego Bay 48: Florianopolis leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Montego Bay 20: Florianopolis leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Montego Bay 25: Florianopolis leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Montego Bay 38: Florianopolis leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Montego Bay 32: Montego Bay leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis and Montego Bay are level on 45.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Montego Bay.

Your match

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Florianopolis
Best match
52match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Montego Bay
44match

Wins on 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

Montego Bay in July

34 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FlorianopolisMontego Bay

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Montego Bay: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisMontego Bay
Official languagePortugueseEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsCN60 HzAB116 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation3 m19 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)4 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisMontego Bay
City population587,486123,994
People per km²870-
Museums within 10 km110
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.