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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
The coloured houses stepping down to the sea, Positano
PositanoThe coloured houses stepping down to the sea

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Positano by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Florianopolis or Positano?

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
  • families

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

Choose Positano for

  • day trips
  • shopping
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Positano’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, Positano 77: Florianopolis leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Positano 40: Florianopolis leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Positano 22: Florianopolis leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Positano 22: Florianopolis leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Positano 80: Positano leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Positano 88: Positano leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Positano 28: Florianopolis leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Positano 35: Positano leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Positano 45: Positano leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Positano 10: Florianopolis leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Positano 15: Florianopolis leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis and Positano are level on 45.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Positano.

Your match

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Florianopolis
Best match
52match

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Positano
42match

Wins on day trips 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

Positano in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Positano's temperatures are measured 25 km from the centre, at Capri.

Positano has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Positano's sunshine is measured 59 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Positano: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Capri (25.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisPositano
Official languagePortugueseItalian
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCN60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation3 m142 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsNaples International Airport (NAP)33 km from centre131 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisPositano
City population587,4863,729
People per km²870429
Museums within 10 km1110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months5 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.