Florianópolis vs La Paz
In short
Calculated from the figures below, with no overall “who wins” score.
Rent
✓in La Paz cheaper — −51%
Family groceries
✓in La Paz cheaper — −49%
Internet
≈ about equal≈ $15–23R$79.9–119.8 and ≈ $19BOB 229 per month
In numbers
Exchange rate as of the date each figure was checked.
House or apartment rent
per monthFlorianópolis≈ $864–1,270R$4,500–6,621✓La Paz≈ $350–700BOB 4,200–8,400cheaper by 51%Family groceries
per monthFlorianópolis≈ $490R$2,553✓La Paz≈ $252BOB 3,020cheaper by 49%Internet
per monthalmost equalFlorianópolis≈ $15–23R$79.9–119.8La Paz≈ $19BOB 229Winter
averageFlorianópolis13–20 °C13–20 °CLa Paz12 °C12 °CPrecipitation
per yearFlorianópolis1,544 mm1,544 mmLa Paz502 mm502 mmReady-made house
purchaseFlorianópolis≈ $288–653kR$1.5–3.4M✓La Paz$120–190k$120–190kcheaper by 67%
By topic
A quick look at each city. Details and sources are on the city page.
Daily life
Florianópolis
According to the IBGE estimate, Florianópolis has 598 thousand residents in 2026, almost 11 thousand more in a year. The 2022 census counted 537 thousand.
OfficialIBGE: Florianópolis population estimate, 2024-2026 · checked 29 Sep 2026
La Paz
Nothing yet
Housing
Florianópolis
By listings, a two-room apartment in Centro is about 4,500 reais a month, in Lagoa 4,500, in Itacorubi 5,700, in Campeche 6,600. The building fee (condomínio) and tax are on top.
SpecialistQuintoAndar: apartments for rent with two or more bedrooms, Centro · checked 29 Sep 2026
61.19 reais per m² a month in August 2026, fifth place among 22 capitals. Most expensive are Agronômica and Centro, cheaper are Ingleses and Capoeiras.
SpecialistFipeZAP Index: residential rent, August 2026 report, Florianópolis page · checked 29 Sep 2026
An apartment averages 13,531 reais per m² (August 2026), a two-room apartment 12,993. That is more than São Paulo; prices rose 8.2% over the year.
SpecialistFipeZAP Index: historical series of sale and rent prices by city, Florianópolis sheet · checked 29 Sep 2026
A house in Campeche by listings is 1.5–3.4 million reais (nine out of ten), one for 6.4 million. In total the results include 341 listings with three or more bedrooms.
SpecialistQuintoAndar: homes for sale with three or more bedrooms, Campeche · checked 29 Sep 2026
La Paz
A three-bedroom apartment by listings costs 4200-8400 Bs a month, median about 5500 Bs (about 460 dollars at 11.97). Calacoto is pricier, about 7000.
SpecialistInfoCasas Bolivia: rental of three-bedroom apartments in La Paz · checked 6 Oct 2026
Instead of renting you can give the owner a large sum for a term and live without paying: a three-bedroom apartment in anticrético is about 40-55 thousand dollars.
SpecialistInfoCasas Bolivia: three-bedroom apartments in anticrético in La Paz · checked 6 Oct 2026
A three-bedroom apartment by listings costs 120-190 thousand dollars, median 148 thousand. In Calacoto about 218 thousand; a three-bedroom house about 230 thousand.
SpecialistInfoCasas Bolivia: sale of three-bedroom apartments in La Paz · checked 6 Oct 2026
Money and prices
Florianópolis
DIEESE's basic basket in August 2026 is 850.90 reais per adult. For a family of two adults and two children, about 2,550 a month.
SpecialistDIEESE: national basic food basket survey, August 2026 · checked 29 Sep 2026
DIEESE calculates that a family of four needed 7,566 reais a month in August 2026. The figure is one for the whole country and already includes housing; it does not reflect Florianópolis rents.
SpecialistDIEESE: nominal and necessary minimum wage by month · checked 29 Sep 2026
La Paz
A family of four in La Paz is considered poor with an income below 6231 Bs a month (about 520 dollars). This is the highest line among the cities in the INE table.
OfficialINE: poverty line and extreme poverty line per person per month by city, 2016 - December 2025 · checked 6 Oct 2026
The minimum food basket for a family of four in La Paz is about 3020 Bs a month (about 250 dollars) by the INE extreme poverty line for December 2025.
OfficialINE: poverty line and extreme poverty line per person per month by city, 2016 - December 2025 · checked 6 Oct 2026
Family and kids
Florianópolis
In 2025, 150 schools with primary and secondary grades; more than half of the schools with younger grades are private. 37.5% of schoolchildren attend private schools.
OfficialIBGE Cidades based on INEP school census data: schools, students and teachers in Florianópolis, 2025 · checked 29 Sep 2026
Three well-known schools in the city (Energia, Catarinense, Bom Jesus): 1,544–3,033 reais a month according to Procon for 2023. Today it is more.
OfficialProcon Santa Catarina: survey of monthly school fees, 2023 (Florianópolis, São José, Palhoça, Biguaçu) · checked 30 Sep 2026
La Paz
In 2025 the department of La Paz had 718 thousand students, about 95 thousand (13.2%) in private schools and kindergartens. Private school fees: not found.
OfficialINE with Ministry of Education data: students in public and private schools by department, 2011 - 2025 · checked 6 Oct 2026
Healthcare
Florianópolis
Public: the Carmela Dutra maternity hospital in Centro and the university hospital in Trindade with a neonatal intensive care unit. A private option is Ilha Hospital in Pantanal.
OfficialBrazil's Ministry of Health, open data "Hospitals and Beds": entry for Maternidade Carmela Dutra · checked 29 Sep 2026
La Paz
The department of La Paz had 4294 hospital beds in 2024, about 724 inhabitants per bed. The national average is 669 inhabitants per bed.
OfficialINE with Ministry of Health data: hospital beds and inhabitants per bed by department, 2005 - 2024 · checked 6 Oct 2026
Transport
Florianópolis
A trip paid in cash or by QR is 7.70 reais, with a resident card 6.20, with a tourist card 7.20. The express bus is 20 reais.
SpecialistConsórcio Fênix, city bus operator: fares and FAQ · checked 29 Sep 2026
La Paz
The Mi Teleférico cable car is mass transit in the city: in 2025 it carried 87.7 million passengers, about 7.3 million a month.
OfficialINE with Mi Teleférico data: passengers of the La Paz cable car by month, 2014 - 2026 · checked 6 Oct 2026
The city is served by El Alto international airport in the neighbouring city, one of the three key ones per INE. A highway runs to Oruro, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz.
OfficialINE: geographic information on Bolivia (altitude zones, roads, international airports) · checked 6 Oct 2026
Climate
Florianópolis
July is the coolest month: on average from 13.3°C at night to 20.4°C by day. No frost, but not beach weather either, and it rains 9 days a month.
OfficialWMO, World Weather Information Service: climate normals for Florianópolis · checked 29 Sep 2026
February is the warmest month: on average from 21.8°C at night to 28.4°C by day. It is also the rainiest month, almost 200 mm.
OfficialWMO, World Weather Information Service: climate normals for Florianópolis · checked 29 Sep 2026
About 1,540 mm a year and 144 days with rain. It pours most in summer, from January to March, and is driest in June.
OfficialWMO, World Weather Information Service: climate normals for Florianópolis · checked 29 Sep 2026
La Paz
The mean temperature in June-August is about 11.7 degrees, and 11 to 15 all year round. About 20 in the daytime, about 6 at night, with frosts in some winters.
OfficialINE with SENAMHI data: mean temperature and precipitation by city by month, 1990 - 2026; annual tables by weather station, 2005 - 2024 · checked 6 Oct 2026
About 500 mm of precipitation a year, 70% of it from December to March. May to August is dry: 5-19 mm a month.
OfficialINE with SENAMHI data: mean temperature and precipitation by city by month, 1990 - 2026; annual tables by weather station, 2005 - 2024 · checked 6 Oct 2026
La Paz lies at about 3640 m, and neighbouring El Alto, where the airport is, is colder still: about 6 degrees on average in winter versus 12 in La Paz.
SpecialistOpenStreetMap: municipality of Nuestra Señora de La Paz, coordinates and elevation · checked 6 Oct 2026
Safety
Florianópolis
25 homicides in 2025 against 31 in 2024. For 587 thousand residents that is about 4 per 100 thousand.
OfficialSSP-SC: monthly indicators bulletin, December 2025, homicides by municipality · checked 29 Sep 2026
La Paz
In 2024 police in the department of La Paz got 10.2 thousand crime reports, 1.5 thousand on robberies. Homicide reports in 2023: 69, against 228 in Santa Cruz.
OfficialINE with police data: crime reports in the department of La Paz by type, 2007 - 2024 · checked 6 Oct 2026
Internet and phone
Florianópolis
Fiber of 350–1000 Mbps costs about 80–120 reais a month: Claro 600 Mbps, 99.90; Vivo 700, 100.00. The average measured speed in the city is 202 Mbps.
SpecialistMinha Conexão: internet in Florianópolis, provider ranking and cheapest plans · checked 1 Oct 2026
La Paz
The state operator Entel sells home fiber at 200 Mbps for 229 Bs a month, 1000 Mbps for 450 Bs. Installation is 200 Bs, subject to an address check.
SpecialistEntel: home fiber internet, Simple plans · checked 6 Oct 2026
Services
Florianópolis
Water is supplied by CASAN. On 2–3 September 2026, because of a burst water main, 28 districts, including Centro and Trindade, were left without normal supply.
OfficialARESC, state regulator: notice of a water main break in Florianópolis, 3 September 2026 · checked 29 Sep 2026
The SCGás network in the center is only being built (since 16 July 2026); tariff 7.14 reais per m³. A 13 kg cylinder averages 127 reais according to ANP (6 points).
OfficialSCGás: residential gas tariff from 1 July 2026, single tier · checked 30 Sep 2026
CASAN water: 29.49 reais a month fixed plus 1.96 / 9.11 / 12.18 / 15.32 per m³ by band. At 15 m³ water is 94.64, with sewage 189.28 reais.
OfficialARESC: CASAN water and sewerage bill calculation file (residential tariff) · checked 30 Sep 2026
CELESC from 22 August 2026: 0.760 reais per kWh before taxes. For 300 kWh this is 227.93 reais before taxes, about 299 with taxes by the calculator site's estimate.
SpecialistEnergy calculator: CELESC tariff for a home from 22 August 2026 (based on ANEEL data) · checked 30 Sep 2026
La Paz
Liquefied gas at a regulated price of 2.25 Bs per kg, a 10 kg cylinder is 22.50 Bs (under 2 dollars). We did not find the piped gas tariff.
OfficialANH: regulated prices of petroleum products on the domestic market, including liquefied gas (GLP) · checked 6 Oct 2026
The average residential tariff of DELAPAZ in 2024 was 10.9 US cents per kWh without VAT, about 0.76 Bs. 300 kWh a month is about 227 Bs before tax.
OfficialAETN: statistical yearbook 2024, average tariff for the final consumer by category (DELAPAZ) · checked 6 Oct 2026
According to EPSAS (May 2024), the water tariff in La Paz and El Alto has not changed since 2009. The subsidized tariff is 1.78 Bs per m³ for use below 15 m³.
OfficialEPSAS: “The process is supervised by AAPS, EPSAS assures there is no water tariff hike” · checked 6 Oct 2026

