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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License.

Florianopolis or Osaka?

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

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

Choose Osaka for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Osaka’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, Osaka 34: Florianopolis leads by 51 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Osaka 91: Osaka leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Osaka 63: Osaka leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Osaka 58: Florianopolis leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Osaka 97: Osaka leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Osaka 88: Osaka leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Osaka 90: Osaka leads by 62 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 47 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis and Osaka are level on 60.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Osaka.

Your match

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

Florianopolis
52match

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

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on getting around 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

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FlorianopolisOsaka

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisOsaka
Official languagePortugueseJapanese
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCN60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193Police 110, fire 119
Elevation3 m20 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisOsaka
City population587,4862,751,862
People per km²87012,340
Museums within 10 km1144
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km06
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months5 months

Where else could you go?

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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.