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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Florianopolis or Quito?

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
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Quito for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Quito’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, Quito 5: Florianopolis leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Quito 54: Florianopolis leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Quito 77: Quito leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Quito 40: Florianopolis leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Quito 86: Quito leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Quito 55: Quito leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Quito 32: Florianopolis leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Quito 45: Quito leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Quito 40: Quito leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Quito 78: Quito leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Quito 38: Quito leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Quito 44: Florianopolis leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Quito.

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 families with your weighting.

Quito
50match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Quito in July

18 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Quito's station stands 208 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisQuito
Official languagePortugueseSpanish, Shuar, Northern Quichua
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCN60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193911
Elevation3 m2,850 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisQuito
City population587,4861,763,275
People per km²8704,735
Museums within 10 km1116
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.