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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira

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

Florianopolis or Porto?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Porto for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Porto’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, Porto 40: Florianopolis leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Porto 70: Porto leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Porto 68: Porto leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Porto 65: Porto leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Porto 64: Florianopolis leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Porto 79: Porto leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Porto 52: Florianopolis leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Porto 66: Porto leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Porto 52: Porto leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Porto 62: Porto leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Porto 52: Porto leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Porto 34: Florianopolis leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Porto.

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.

Porto
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around 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

Porto in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
22 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FlorianopolisPorto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisPorto
Official languagePortuguesePortuguese
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCN60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation3 m104 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisPorto
City population587,486273,476
People per km²8706,606
Museums within 10 km1142
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.