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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Florianopolis or Mumbai?

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
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Mumbai’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, Mumbai 18: Florianopolis leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Mumbai 70: Mumbai leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Mumbai 52: Florianopolis leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Mumbai 55: Florianopolis leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Mumbai 48: Florianopolis leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Mumbai 35: Florianopolis leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Mumbai 38: Mumbai leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Mumbai 55: Mumbai leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Mumbai 24: Florianopolis leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Mumbai.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Florianopolis
52match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Mumbai
51match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping 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

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisMumbai
Official languagePortugueseHindi, English
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCN60 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+5:30
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193108 or 112
Elevation3 m14 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisMumbai
City population587,48615,414,288
People per km²87025,563
Museums within 10 km111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.