diff --git a/ibis/backends/base/sql/alchemy/datatypes.py b/ibis/backends/base/sql/alchemy/datatypes.py
index 214a80956259..1608faee29aa 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/base/sql/alchemy/datatypes.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/base/sql/alchemy/datatypes.py
@@ -41,6 +41,19 @@ def compiles_array(element, compiler, **kw):
     return f"ARRAY({compiler.process(element.value_type, **kw)})"
 
 
+@compiles(sat.FLOAT, "duckdb")
+def compiles_float(element, compiler, **kw):
+    precision = element.precision
+    if precision is None or 1 <= precision <= 24:
+        return "FLOAT"
+    elif 24 < precision <= 53:
+        return "DOUBLE"
+    else:
+        raise ValueError(
+            "FLOAT precision must be between 1 and 53 inclusive, or `None`"
+        )
+
+
 class StructType(sat.UserDefinedType):
     cache_ok = True
 
diff --git a/ibis/backends/duckdb/tests/snapshots/test_datatypes/test_cast_to_floating_point_type/float32/out.sql b/ibis/backends/duckdb/tests/snapshots/test_datatypes/test_cast_to_floating_point_type/float32/out.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..68251010b09f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ibis/backends/duckdb/tests/snapshots/test_datatypes/test_cast_to_floating_point_type/float32/out.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+SELECT
+  CAST('1.0' AS REAL) AS "Cast('1.0', float32)"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ibis/backends/duckdb/tests/snapshots/test_datatypes/test_cast_to_floating_point_type/float64/out.sql b/ibis/backends/duckdb/tests/snapshots/test_datatypes/test_cast_to_floating_point_type/float64/out.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cc84473347bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ibis/backends/duckdb/tests/snapshots/test_datatypes/test_cast_to_floating_point_type/float64/out.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+SELECT
+  CAST('1.0' AS DOUBLE) AS "Cast('1.0', float64)"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ibis/backends/duckdb/tests/snapshots/test_geospatial/test_geospatial_dwithin/out.sql b/ibis/backends/duckdb/tests/snapshots/test_geospatial/test_geospatial_dwithin/out.sql
index 677936b16a31..e68c65813913 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/duckdb/tests/snapshots/test_geospatial/test_geospatial_dwithin/out.sql
+++ b/ibis/backends/duckdb/tests/snapshots/test_geospatial/test_geospatial_dwithin/out.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 SELECT
-  ST_DWITHIN(t0.geom, t0.geom, CAST(3.0 AS REAL(53))) AS tmp
+  ST_DWITHIN(t0.geom, t0.geom, CAST(3.0 AS DOUBLE)) AS tmp
 FROM t AS t0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ibis/backends/duckdb/tests/test_datatypes.py b/ibis/backends/duckdb/tests/test_datatypes.py
index d2e3bfc97c8f..7f0212f21374 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/duckdb/tests/test_datatypes.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/duckdb/tests/test_datatypes.py
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import duckdb_engine
+import numpy as np
 import pytest
 import sqlalchemy as sa
 from packaging.version import parse as vparse
 from pytest import param
 
+import ibis
 import ibis.backends.base.sql.alchemy.datatypes as sat
 import ibis.common.exceptions as exc
 import ibis.expr.datatypes as dt
@@ -66,8 +68,6 @@ def test_parser(typ, expected):
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("uint_type", ["uint8", "uint16", "uint32", "uint64"])
 def test_cast_uints(uint_type, snapshot):
-    import ibis
-
     t = ibis.table(dict(a="int8"), name="t")
     snapshot.assert_match(
         str(ibis.to_sql(t.a.cast(uint_type), dialect="duckdb")), "out.sql"
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ def test_cast_uints(uint_type, snapshot):
 
 
 def test_null_dtype():
-    import ibis
-
     con = ibis.connect("duckdb://:memory:")
 
     t = ibis.memtable({"a": [None, None]})
@@ -110,10 +108,6 @@ def test_generate_quoted_struct():
     reason="mapping from UINTEGER query metadata fixed in 0.9.2",
 )
 def test_read_uint8_from_parquet(tmp_path):
-    import numpy as np
-
-    import ibis
-
     con = ibis.duckdb.connect()
 
     # There is an incorrect mapping in duckdb-engine from UInteger -> UInt8
@@ -129,3 +123,16 @@ def test_read_uint8_from_parquet(tmp_path):
     t2 = con.read_parquet(parqpath)
 
     assert t2.schema() == t.schema()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("typ", ["float32", "float64"])
+def test_cast_to_floating_point_type(con, snapshot, typ):
+    expected = 1.0
+    value = ibis.literal(str(expected))
+    expr = value.cast(typ)
+
+    result = con.execute(expr)
+    assert result == expected
+
+    sql = str(ibis.to_sql(expr, dialect="duckdb"))
+    snapshot.assert_match(sql, "out.sql")
diff --git a/ibis/backends/tests/tpch/snapshots/test_h06/test_tpc_h06/duckdb/h06.sql b/ibis/backends/tests/tpch/snapshots/test_h06/test_tpc_h06/duckdb/h06.sql
index 8ec16703aeee..eae15c8677d5 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/tests/tpch/snapshots/test_h06/test_tpc_h06/duckdb/h06.sql
+++ b/ibis/backends/tests/tpch/snapshots/test_h06/test_tpc_h06/duckdb/h06.sql
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ FROM main.lineitem AS t0
 WHERE
   t0.l_shipdate >= MAKE_DATE(1994, 1, 1)
   AND t0.l_shipdate < MAKE_DATE(1995, 1, 1)
-  AND t0.l_discount BETWEEN CAST(0.05 AS REAL(53)) AND CAST(0.07 AS REAL(53))
+  AND t0.l_discount BETWEEN CAST(0.05 AS DOUBLE) AND CAST(0.07 AS DOUBLE)
   AND t0.l_quantity < CAST(24 AS TINYINT)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ibis/backends/tests/tpch/snapshots/test_h11/test_tpc_h11/duckdb/h11.sql b/ibis/backends/tests/tpch/snapshots/test_h11/test_tpc_h11/duckdb/h11.sql
index c19193299b09..edbba7a0223d 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/tests/tpch/snapshots/test_h11/test_tpc_h11/duckdb/h11.sql
+++ b/ibis/backends/tests/tpch/snapshots/test_h11/test_tpc_h11/duckdb/h11.sql
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ FROM (
         WHERE
           t4.n_name = 'GERMANY'
       ) AS anon_1
-    ) * CAST(0.0001 AS REAL(53))
+    ) * CAST(0.0001 AS DOUBLE)
 ) AS t1
 ORDER BY
   t1.value DESC
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ibis/backends/tests/tpch/snapshots/test_h17/test_tpc_h17/duckdb/h17.sql b/ibis/backends/tests/tpch/snapshots/test_h17/test_tpc_h17/duckdb/h17.sql
index 4e9c6e9f6da4..e0adc83afc3b 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/tests/tpch/snapshots/test_h17/test_tpc_h17/duckdb/h17.sql
+++ b/ibis/backends/tests/tpch/snapshots/test_h17/test_tpc_h17/duckdb/h17.sql
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 SELECT
-  SUM(t0.l_extendedprice) / CAST(7.0 AS REAL(53)) AS avg_yearly
+  SUM(t0.l_extendedprice) / CAST(7.0 AS DOUBLE) AS avg_yearly
 FROM main.lineitem AS t0
 JOIN main.part AS t1
   ON t1.p_partkey = t0.l_partkey
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ WHERE
     FROM main.lineitem AS t0
     WHERE
       t0.l_partkey = t1.p_partkey
-  ) * CAST(0.2 AS REAL(53))
\ No newline at end of file
+  ) * CAST(0.2 AS DOUBLE)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ibis/backends/tests/tpch/snapshots/test_h20/test_tpc_h20/duckdb/h20.sql b/ibis/backends/tests/tpch/snapshots/test_h20/test_tpc_h20/duckdb/h20.sql
index 4b61b55158f5..ec72d90e4bac 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/tests/tpch/snapshots/test_h20/test_tpc_h20/duckdb/h20.sql
+++ b/ibis/backends/tests/tpch/snapshots/test_h20/test_tpc_h20/duckdb/h20.sql
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ WITH t0 AS (
               AND t6.l_suppkey = t5.ps_suppkey
               AND t6.l_shipdate >= MAKE_DATE(1994, 1, 1)
               AND t6.l_shipdate < MAKE_DATE(1995, 1, 1)
-          ) * CAST(0.5 AS REAL(53))
+          ) * CAST(0.5 AS DOUBLE)
       ) AS t4
     )
 )
diff --git a/ibis/backends/tests/tpch/snapshots/test_h22/test_tpc_h22/duckdb/h22.sql b/ibis/backends/tests/tpch/snapshots/test_h22/test_tpc_h22/duckdb/h22.sql
index a9c96a30d190..76fa737c1056 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/tests/tpch/snapshots/test_h22/test_tpc_h22/duckdb/h22.sql
+++ b/ibis/backends/tests/tpch/snapshots/test_h22/test_tpc_h22/duckdb/h22.sql
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ WITH t0 AS (
           AVG(t2.c_acctbal) AS avg_bal
         FROM main.customer AS t2
         WHERE
-          t2.c_acctbal > CAST(0.0 AS REAL(53))
+          t2.c_acctbal > CAST(0.0 AS DOUBLE)
           AND CASE
             WHEN (
               CAST(0 AS TINYINT) + 1 >= 1