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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
The boardwalk at Delaware Avenue, Rehoboth Beach
Rehoboth BeachThe boardwalk at Delaware Avenue

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Rehoboth Beach by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Florianopolis or Rehoboth Beach?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Rehoboth Beach for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Rehoboth Beach’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, Rehoboth Beach 70: Florianopolis leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Rehoboth Beach 44: Florianopolis leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Rehoboth Beach 14: Florianopolis leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Rehoboth Beach 40: Florianopolis leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Rehoboth Beach 50: Florianopolis leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis and Rehoboth Beach are level on 50.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Rehoboth Beach 70: Rehoboth Beach leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Rehoboth Beach 50: Rehoboth Beach leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Rehoboth Beach 45: Rehoboth Beach leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Rehoboth Beach 32: Florianopolis leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis and Rehoboth Beach are level on 28.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Rehoboth Beach 32: Florianopolis leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Rehoboth Beach.

Your match

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

Florianopolis
Best match
52match

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

Rehoboth Beach
44match

Wins on getting around 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

Rehoboth Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
92 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
23 °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

Rehoboth Beach 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Rehoboth Beach: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Georgetown / Rogers Development (24.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisRehoboth Beach
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCN60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193911
Elevation3 m5 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)56 km from centre4 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisRehoboth Beach
City population587,4861,108
People per km²870258
Museums within 10 km112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months3 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.