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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
Minato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock, Yokohama
YokohamaMinato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Yokohama by Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Florianopolis or Yokohama?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Yokohama for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Yokohama’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, Yokohama 46: Florianopolis leads by 39 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Yokohama 72: Yokohama leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Yokohama 55: Yokohama leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Yokohama 44: Florianopolis leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Yokohama 66: Florianopolis leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Yokohama 87: Yokohama leads by 59 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Yokohama 55: Florianopolis leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Yokohama 56: Yokohama leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Yokohama.

Your match

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

Florianopolis
52match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Yokohama
Best match
64match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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

Yokohama in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Yokohama's sunshine is measured 29 km from the centre, at Tokyo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Yokohama: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Yokohama (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisYokohama
Official languagePortugueseJapanese
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCN60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193Police 110, fire 119
Elevation3 m24 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisYokohama
City population587,4863,757,630
People per km²8708,585
Museums within 10 km1138
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months5 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.