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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Florianopolis or Valletta?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Valletta for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Valletta’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, Valletta 68: Florianopolis leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Valletta 55: Florianopolis leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Valletta 46: Florianopolis leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Valletta 56: Florianopolis leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Valletta 58: Florianopolis leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Valletta 38: Valletta leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Valletta 50: Florianopolis leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Valletta 44: Valletta leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Valletta 32: Florianopolis leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Valletta.

Your match

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

Florianopolis
52match

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

Valletta
Best match
55match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around 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

Valletta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisValletta
Official languagePortugueseEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCN60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation3 m56 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisValletta
City population587,4865,197
People per km²8706,496
Museums within 10 km1116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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. 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.