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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antwerp 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 Antwerp for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Sao Paulo for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • prices

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. Antwerp 15, Sao Paulo 42: Sao Paulo leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Sao Paulo 60: Antwerp leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Sao Paulo 48: Sao Paulo leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Sao Paulo 47: Antwerp leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Sao Paulo 52: Antwerp leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Sao Paulo 44: Antwerp leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp and Sao Paulo are level on 70.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Sao Paulo 62: Sao Paulo leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Sao Paulo 76: Sao Paulo leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Sao Paulo 25: Antwerp leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Sao Paulo.

Your match

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

Antwerp
55match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Sao Paulo
Best match
58match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Antwerp in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 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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AntwerpSao Paulo

Where the figures come from

Antwerp 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.

Antwerp's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Uccle.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpSao Paulo
Official languageFrench, German, DutchPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation7 m760 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpSao Paulo
City population529,24711,451,999
People per km²2,5427,519
Museums within 10 km3890
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km90

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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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.