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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
The Opera House from the water, Sydney
SydneyThe Opera House from the water

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Sydney by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Florianopolis or Sydney?

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

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

Choose Sydney for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Sydney’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, Sydney 95: Sydney leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Sydney 77: Sydney leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Sydney 60: Sydney leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis and Sydney are level on 60.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Sydney 85: Sydney leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis and Sydney are level on 50.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Sydney 75: Sydney leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Sydney 75: Sydney leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Sydney 68: Sydney leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Sydney 22: Florianopolis leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Sydney 73: Sydney leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Sydney 55: Sydney leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Sydney.

Your match

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

Florianopolis
52match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Sydney
Best match
66match

Wins on getting around 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

Sydney in July

18 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FlorianopolisSydney

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Sydney: 1991-2020 normals, Sydney Airport (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisSydney
Official languagePortugueseEnglish
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCN60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193000
Elevation3 m6 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsSydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD)9 km from centre99 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisSydney
City population587,4865,450,496
People per km²870449
Museums within 10 km1138
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months6 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.