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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Florianopolis or Sapporo?

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

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

Choose Sapporo for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Sapporo’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, Sapporo 28: Florianopolis leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Sapporo 40: Sapporo leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Sapporo 62: Sapporo leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Sapporo 86: Sapporo leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Sapporo 64: Sapporo leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Sapporo 72: Sapporo leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Sapporo 58: Sapporo leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis and Sapporo are level on 60.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Sapporo 44: Sapporo leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Sapporo.

Your match

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

Florianopolis
52match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

Sapporo
Best match
63match

Wins on getting around and wellness 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

Sapporo in July

25 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FlorianopolisSapporo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisSapporo
Official languagePortugueseJapanese
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCN60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193Police 110, fire 119
Elevation3 m5 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisSapporo
City population587,4861,959,313
People per km²8701,747
Museums within 10 km1133
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months1 month

Where else could you go?

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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.