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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Florianopolis or Montreal?

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 Montreal for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Montreal’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, Montreal 25: Florianopolis leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Montreal 78: Montreal leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Montreal 75: Montreal leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Montreal 66: Florianopolis leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Montreal 55: Montreal leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Montreal 68: Montreal leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Montreal 72: Montreal leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Montreal 45: Florianopolis leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Montreal 76: Montreal leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Montreal 57: Montreal leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Montreal.

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.

Montreal
Best match
61match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around 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

Montreal in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
98 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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). Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisMontreal
Official languagePortugueseFrench, English
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCN60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193911
Elevation3 m31 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisMontreal
City population587,4861,895,211
People per km²8703,806
Museums within 10 km1137
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.