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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
The steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi, New Orleans
New OrleansThe steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; New Orleans by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Florianopolis or New Orleans?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose New Orleans for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on New Orleans’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, New Orleans 14: Florianopolis leads by 71 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, New Orleans 84: New Orleans leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, New Orleans 67: New Orleans leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, New Orleans 85: New Orleans leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, New Orleans 42: Florianopolis leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, New Orleans 52: New Orleans leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, New Orleans 55: Florianopolis leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, New Orleans 55: New Orleans leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, New Orleans 54: New Orleans leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, New Orleans 40: Florianopolis leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, New Orleans 80: New Orleans leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, New Orleans 25: Florianopolis leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and New Orleans.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Florianopolis
52match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

New Orleans
54match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights 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

New Orleans in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
169 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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FlorianopolisNew Orleans

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). New Orleans: 1991-2020 normals, New Orleans Airport (2.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisNew Orleans
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCN60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-6, UTC-5 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 destinationsLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)18 km from centre51 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisNew Orleans
City population587,486383,997
People per km²870423
Museums within 10 km1116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months7 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.