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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Florianopolis or Tangier?

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
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Tangier for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Tangier’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, Tangier 50: Florianopolis leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis and Tangier are level on 58.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Tangier 57: Tangier leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Tangier 30: Florianopolis leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Tangier 55: Florianopolis leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Tangier 35: Florianopolis leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Tangier 40: Tangier leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Tangier 42: Tangier leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis and Tangier are level on 28.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Tangier.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Tangier
49match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips 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

Tangier in July

29 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FlorianopolisTangier

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisTangier
Official languagePortugueseArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCN60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation3 m56 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisTangier
City population587,4861,275,428
People per km²8706,393
Museums within 10 km116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months3 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. 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.