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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Florianopolis or Scottsdale?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Scottsdale for

  • shopping
  • wellness
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Scottsdale’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, Scottsdale 8: Florianopolis leads by 77 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Scottsdale 46: Florianopolis leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Scottsdale 38: Scottsdale leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Scottsdale 52: Florianopolis leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Scottsdale 68: Florianopolis leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis and Scottsdale are level on 50.
Good for families. Florianopolis and Scottsdale are level on 60.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Scottsdale 20: Florianopolis leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Scottsdale 32: Florianopolis leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Scottsdale 40: Scottsdale leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Scottsdale 72: Scottsdale leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Scottsdale.

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 prices with your weighting.

Scottsdale
46match

Wins on shopping 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

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FlorianopolisScottsdale

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisScottsdale
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCN60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-7
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193911
Elevation3 m380 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisScottsdale
City population587,486241,361
People per km²870-
Museums within 10 km1110
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.