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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
San FranciscoThe Golden Gate Bridge

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; San Francisco by Elijah Cobb, Pexels License.

Florianopolis or San Francisco?

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
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose San Francisco for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on San Francisco’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, San Francisco 25: Florianopolis leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, San Francisco 82: San Francisco leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, San Francisco 68: San Francisco leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, San Francisco 58: Florianopolis leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, San Francisco 80: San Francisco leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, San Francisco 72: San Francisco leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, San Francisco 66: San Francisco leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, San Francisco 70: San Francisco leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, San Francisco 58: San Francisco leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, San Francisco 14: Florianopolis leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, San Francisco 76: San Francisco leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, San Francisco 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 San Francisco.

Your match

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

Florianopolis
52match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

San Francisco
Best match
59match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

San Francisco in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FlorianopolisSan Francisco

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). San Francisco: 1981-2010 normals, Alameda Naval Air Station (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisSan Francisco
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCN60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193911
Elevation3 m16 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsSan Francisco International Airport (SFO)18 km from centre142 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisSan Francisco
City population587,486873,965
People per km²8701,455
Museums within 10 km1151
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 monthsNone

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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.