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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Florianopolis or Wellington?

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
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Wellington for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Florianopolis leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Wellington 44: Wellington leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Wellington 45: Florianopolis leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis and Wellington are level on 78.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Wellington 40: Florianopolis leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Wellington 42: Wellington leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Wellington 33: Florianopolis leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Wellington 30: Florianopolis leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Wellington.

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 prices with your weighting.

Wellington
49match

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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisWellington
Official languagePortugueseEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCN60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193111
Elevation3 m0 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisWellington
City population587,486216,200
People per km²870487
Museums within 10 km1112
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.