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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

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

Florianopolis or Victoria?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Victoria for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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, Victoria 28: Florianopolis leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Victoria 50: Florianopolis leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Victoria 42: Victoria leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Victoria 30: Florianopolis leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Victoria 77: Florianopolis leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Victoria 54: Victoria leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Victoria 62: Victoria leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Victoria 60: Victoria leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Victoria 40: Victoria leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Victoria 34: Florianopolis leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Victoria 40: Victoria leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Victoria 48: Victoria leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Victoria.

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.

Victoria
47match

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

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Victoria: 1991-2020 normals, Victoria Gonzales CS (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisVictoria
Official languagePortugueseFrench, English
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCN60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193911
Elevation3 m23 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisVictoria
City population587,48691,867
People per km²8704,711
Museums within 10 km116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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. 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.