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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat
MuscatThe Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Muscat by Alli Khalil, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Florianopolis or Muscat?

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

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Muscat for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Muscat’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, Muscat 72: Florianopolis leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Muscat 44: Florianopolis leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Muscat 55: Muscat leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Muscat 14: Florianopolis leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Muscat 70: Florianopolis leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Muscat 62: Muscat leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Muscat 52: Florianopolis leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Muscat 20: Florianopolis leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Muscat 42: Muscat leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Muscat 45: Florianopolis leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Muscat 40: Muscat leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Muscat 55: Muscat leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Muscat.

Your match

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

Florianopolis
Best match
52match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Muscat
48match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Muscat in July

33 °Cdaytime high
30 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
31 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Muscat's sunshine is measured 32 km from the centre, at Seeb, International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Muscat: 1991-2020 normals, Qaboos Port (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisMuscat
Official languagePortugueseArabic
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Rial Omani (OMR)
SocketsCN60 HzCG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+4
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193968
Elevation3 m69 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsMuscat International Airport (MCT)31 km from centre83 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisMuscat
City population587,4861,421,409
People per km²870406
Museums within 10 km1110
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.