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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Florianopolis or York?

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 York for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on York’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, York 14: Florianopolis leads by 71 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, York 42: Florianopolis leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, York 70: York leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, York 36: Florianopolis leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, York 62: Florianopolis leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, York 80: York leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis and York are level on 60.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, York 72: York leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, York 46: York leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, York 38: Florianopolis leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, York 38: York leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, York 34: Florianopolis leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and York.

Your match

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Florianopolis
Best match
52match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

York
49match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights 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

York in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

York has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

York's sunshine is measured 48 km from the centre, at Leeming.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisYork
Official languagePortugueseEnglish
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCN60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112 or 999
Elevation3 m25 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisYork
City population587,486208,400
People per km²870766
Museums within 10 km1124
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.