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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Florianopolis or Toulouse?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Toulouse for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Toulouse’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, Toulouse 10: Florianopolis leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Toulouse 66: Toulouse leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Toulouse 56: Florianopolis leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Toulouse 58: Florianopolis leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Toulouse 72: Toulouse leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Toulouse 62: Toulouse leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Toulouse 50: Toulouse leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Toulouse 46: Florianopolis leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Toulouse 27: Florianopolis leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Florianopolis
52match

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

Toulouse
53match

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

Toulouse in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
40 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FlorianopolisToulouse

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisToulouse
Official languagePortugueseFrench
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCN60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation3 m115 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisToulouse
City population587,486514,819
People per km²8704,352
Museums within 10 km1124
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 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. 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.