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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Florianopolis or Tallinn?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Florianopolis leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Tallinn 52: Florianopolis leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Tallinn 44: Florianopolis leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Tallinn 55: Florianopolis leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Tallinn 58: Tallinn leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis and Tallinn are level on 60.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Tallinn 40: Tallinn leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Tallinn 47: Florianopolis leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Tallinn.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Florianopolis
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Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Tallinn
52match

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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FlorianopolisTallinn

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisTallinn
Official languagePortugueseEstonian
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCN60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation3 m28 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisTallinn
City population587,486457,572
People per km²8702,871
Museums within 10 km1116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 monthsNone

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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.