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Skiers at the Albion base of the ski area, Alta, Utah
Alta, UtahSkiers at the Albion base of the ski area
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Alta, Utah by Sumanch, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Alta, Utah or Sao Paulo?

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 Alta, Utah for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Alta, Utah’s own page.

Choose Sao Paulo for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Sao Paulo’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. Alta, Utah 3, Sao Paulo 42: Sao Paulo leads by 39 points.
Food & drink. Alta, Utah 15, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 69 points.
Culture & sights. Alta, Utah 5, Sao Paulo 60: Sao Paulo leads by 55 points.
Nightlife. Alta, Utah 4, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 82 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alta, Utah 90, Sao Paulo 48: Alta, Utah leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Alta, Utah 40, Sao Paulo 47: Sao Paulo leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Alta, Utah 30, Sao Paulo 52: Sao Paulo leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Alta, Utah 35, Sao Paulo 44: Sao Paulo leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Alta, Utah 4, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 66 points.
Affordability. Alta, Utah 15, Sao Paulo 62: Sao Paulo leads by 47 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alta, Utah 3, Sao Paulo 76: Sao Paulo leads by 73 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alta, Utah 35, Sao Paulo 25: Alta, Utah leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alta, Utah and Sao Paulo.

Your match

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

Alta, Utah
23match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

Sao Paulo
Best match
58match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Alta, Utah in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Sao Paulo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
53 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Alta, UtahSao Paulo

Where the figures come from

Alta, Utah has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alta, Utah: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlta, UtahSao Paulo
Official language-Portuguese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation2,610 m760 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)37 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlta, UtahSao Paulo
City population22811,451,999
People per km²197,519
Museums within 10 km090
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.