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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Florianopolis or Split?

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

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Split for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Split’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, Split 75: Florianopolis leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Split 57: Florianopolis leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Split 66: Split leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Split 52: Florianopolis leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Split 77: Florianopolis leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Split 78: Split leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Split 54: Florianopolis leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Split 67: Split leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Split 32: Florianopolis leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Split 45: Florianopolis leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Split 37: Split leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Split 40: Florianopolis leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Split.

Your match

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

Florianopolis
52match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Split
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights 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

Split in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
25 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisSplit
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 destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisSplit
City population587,486160,577
People per km²870-
Museums within 10 km1111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months4 months

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. 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.