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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

Florianopolis or Puerto Iguazu?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Puerto Iguazu for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Iguazu’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, Puerto Iguazu 5: Florianopolis leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Puerto Iguazu 28: Florianopolis leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Puerto Iguazu 9: Florianopolis leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Puerto Iguazu 14: Florianopolis leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Puerto Iguazu 33: Florianopolis leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Puerto Iguazu 55: Florianopolis leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Puerto Iguazu 54: Puerto Iguazu leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Puerto Iguazu 17: Florianopolis leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Puerto Iguazu 48: Florianopolis leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Puerto Iguazu 7: Florianopolis leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Puerto Iguazu 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 Puerto Iguazu.

Your match

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

Florianopolis
Best match
52match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Puerto Iguazu
33match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors 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

Puerto Iguazu in July

22 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
103 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FlorianopolisPuerto Iguazu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisPuerto Iguazu
Official languagePortugueseSpanish
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCN60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193117 or 911
Elevation3 m162 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisPuerto Iguazu
City population587,48654,903
People per km²870-
Museums within 10 km110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.