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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Florianopolis or Rovinj?

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

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Rovinj for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Rovinj’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, Rovinj 70: Florianopolis leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Rovinj 50: Florianopolis leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Rovinj 38: Rovinj leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Rovinj 25: Florianopolis leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Rovinj 60: Florianopolis leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Rovinj 68: Rovinj leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Rovinj 52: Florianopolis leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Rovinj 55: Rovinj leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Rovinj 28: Florianopolis leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Rovinj 36: Florianopolis leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Rovinj 15: Florianopolis leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Rovinj 42: Florianopolis leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Rovinj.

Your match

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

Florianopolis
Best match
52match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Rovinj
45match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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

Rovinj in July

29 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 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

Rovinj's temperatures are measured 64 km from the centre, at Trieste.

Rovinj 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). Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisRovinj
Official languagePortugueseCroatian
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCN60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation3 m0 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisRovinj
City population587,48612,968
People per km²870-
Museums within 10 km111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months4 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.