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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Florianopolis or Windhoek?

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
  • day trips
  • nightlife

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Windhoek’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, Windhoek 4: Florianopolis leads by 81 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Windhoek 36: Florianopolis leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Windhoek 30: Florianopolis leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Windhoek 25: Florianopolis leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Windhoek 52: Florianopolis leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Windhoek 14: Florianopolis leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Windhoek 30: Florianopolis leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Windhoek 22: Florianopolis leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Windhoek 30: Florianopolis leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Windhoek 18: Florianopolis leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Windhoek 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 Windhoek.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Wins on prices 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

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FlorianopolisWindhoek

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

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisWindhoek
Official languagePortugueseEnglish
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCN60 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+2
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation3 m1,650 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisWindhoek
City population587,486486,169
People per km²87095
Museums within 10 km115
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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. 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.