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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
A madrasa and its minarets on the Registan, Samarkand
SamarkandA madrasa and its minarets on the Registan

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Samarkand by Yaşar Başkurt, Pexels License.

Florianopolis or Samarkand?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Samarkand for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Samarkand’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, Samarkand 4: Florianopolis leads by 81 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Samarkand 54: Florianopolis leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Samarkand 84: Samarkand leads by 51 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Samarkand 14: Florianopolis leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Samarkand 40: Florianopolis leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Samarkand 72: Samarkand leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Samarkand 30: Florianopolis leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Samarkand 58: Samarkand leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Samarkand 42: Samarkand leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Samarkand 80: Samarkand leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Samarkand 24: Florianopolis leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Samarkand 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 Samarkand.

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.

Samarkand
45match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around 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

Samarkand in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FlorianopolisSamarkand

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Samarkand: 1991-2020 normals, Samarkand (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisSamarkand
Official languagePortugueseUzbek
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Uzbekistan Sum (UZS)
SocketsCN60 HzCFI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+5
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation3 m702 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsSamarkand International Airport (SKD)5 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisSamarkand
City population587,486546,303
People per km²8705,058
Museums within 10 km1111
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.