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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Florianopolis or Oaxaca?

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
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Oaxaca for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Oaxaca’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, Oaxaca 5: Florianopolis leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Oaxaca 84: Oaxaca leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Oaxaca 74: Oaxaca leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Oaxaca 40: Florianopolis leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Oaxaca 62: Florianopolis leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Oaxaca 65: Oaxaca leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Oaxaca 40: Florianopolis leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Oaxaca 55: Oaxaca leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Oaxaca 77: Oaxaca leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Oaxaca 38: Oaxaca leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Oaxaca 50: Oaxaca leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Oaxaca.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Oaxaca
54match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FlorianopolisOaxaca

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisOaxaca
Official languagePortugueseSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCN60 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-6
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193911
Elevation3 m1,555 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisOaxaca
City population587,486258,913
People per km²8703,028
Museums within 10 km1110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 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.