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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Florianopolis or Vienna?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Vienna for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Vienna’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, Vienna 27: Florianopolis leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Vienna 68: Vienna leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Vienna 50: Florianopolis leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Vienna 62: Florianopolis leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Vienna 74: Vienna leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 62 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Vienna 44: Florianopolis leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 68 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Vienna.

Your match

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

Florianopolis
52match

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

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisVienna
Official languagePortugueseGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCN60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation3 m151 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisVienna
City population587,4862,028,289
People per km²8704,890
Museums within 10 km11152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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.