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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water

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Florianopolis or Naples, Florida?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Naples, Florida for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Naples, Florida’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, Naples, Florida 87: Naples, Florida leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Naples, Florida 46: Florianopolis leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Naples, Florida 27: Florianopolis leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Naples, Florida 20: Florianopolis leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Naples, Florida 66: Florianopolis leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Naples, Florida 43: Florianopolis leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Naples, Florida 64: Naples, Florida leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Naples, Florida 22: Florianopolis leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Naples, Florida 48: Naples, Florida leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Naples, Florida 17: Florianopolis leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Naples, Florida 40: Naples, Florida leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis and Naples, Florida are level on 45.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Naples, Florida.

Your match

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

Florianopolis
Best match
52match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Naples, Florida
44match

Wins on shopping and 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

Naples, Florida in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Naples, Florida has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Naples, Florida: 2002-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Naples / East Naples (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisNaples, Florida
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCN60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193911
Elevation3 m-2 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisNaples, Florida
City population587,48619,115
People per km²870450
Museums within 10 km114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months10 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.