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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
Waterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor, Newport Beach
Newport BeachWaterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Newport Beach by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Florianopolis or Newport Beach?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Newport Beach for

  • shopping
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Newport Beach’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, Newport Beach 70: Florianopolis leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Newport Beach 50: Florianopolis leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Newport Beach 20: Florianopolis leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Newport Beach 33: Florianopolis leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Newport Beach 66: Florianopolis leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Newport Beach 70: Newport Beach leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Newport Beach 80: Newport Beach leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Newport Beach 20: Florianopolis leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Newport Beach 62: Newport Beach leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Newport Beach 15: Florianopolis leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Newport Beach 46: Newport Beach leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Newport Beach 44: Florianopolis leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Newport Beach.

Your match

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Florianopolis
Best match
52match

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Newport Beach
48match

Wins on shopping 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

Newport Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FlorianopolisNewport Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Newport Beach: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1981-2010) normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisNewport Beach
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCN60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193911
Elevation3 m3 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)7 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisNewport Beach
City population587,48685,239
People per km²870622
Museums within 10 km114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 monthsNone

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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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.