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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
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St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0.

Florianopolis or St. Petersburg, Florida?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on St. Petersburg, Florida’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 and St. Petersburg, Florida are level on 85.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Florianopolis leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: Florianopolis leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: Florianopolis leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: Florianopolis leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, St. Petersburg, Florida 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 St. Petersburg, Florida.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Florianopolis
52match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

St. Petersburg, Florida
50match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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

St. Petersburg, Florida in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FlorianopolisSt. Petersburg, Florida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). St. Petersburg, Florida: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Saint Petersburg (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisSt. Petersburg, Florida
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCN60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193911
Elevation3 m134 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population587,486258,308
People per km²870725
Museums within 10 km1113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months8 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.