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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Florianopolis or New York?

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
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose New York for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on New York’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 York 50: Florianopolis leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, New York 92: New York leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, New York 89: New York leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, New York 97: New York leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, New York 55: Florianopolis leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, New York 68: New York leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, New York 70: New York leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, New York 82: New York leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, New York 97: New York leads by 64 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, New York 12: Florianopolis leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, New York 99: New York leads by 71 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, New York 42: Florianopolis leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and New York.

Your match

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

Florianopolis
52match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

New York
Best match
71match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

New York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
22 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FlorianopolisNew York

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). New York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisNew York
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 m25 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisNew York
City population587,4868,804,190
People per km²8707,256
Museums within 10 km11157
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months3 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.