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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Florianopolis or Montpellier?

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 Montpellier for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Montpellier’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, Montpellier 64: Florianopolis leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Montpellier 64: Montpellier leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Montpellier 60: Montpellier leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Montpellier 56: Florianopolis leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Montpellier 72: Florianopolis leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Montpellier 85: Montpellier leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Montpellier 62: Montpellier leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Montpellier 74: Montpellier leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Montpellier 47: Montpellier leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Montpellier 50: Florianopolis leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Montpellier 63: Montpellier leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Montpellier 42: Florianopolis leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Montpellier.

Your match

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Florianopolis
52match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Montpellier
Best match
62match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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

Montpellier in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
17 mmrain in the month
11 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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FlorianopolisMontpellier

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisMontpellier
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 m7 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisMontpellier
City population587,486310,240
People per km²8705,452
Museums within 10 km1114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.