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The Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour, Auckland
AucklandThe Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Auckland 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 Auckland for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose Sao Paulo for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • 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. Auckland 68, Sao Paulo 42: Auckland leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Sao Paulo 60: Sao Paulo leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Sao Paulo 48: Auckland leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Sao Paulo 47: Auckland leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Sao Paulo 52: Auckland leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Sao Paulo 44: Sao Paulo leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Sao Paulo 62: Sao Paulo leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Sao Paulo 76: Sao Paulo leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Sao Paulo 25: Auckland leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Sao Paulo.

Your match

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

Auckland
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches 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.

Auckland in July

14 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
135 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Sao Paulo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
53 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AucklandSao Paulo

Where the figures come from

Auckland's station stands 189 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Auckland: 1961-1990 normals, Auckland Aerodrome Aws (17 km from centre). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandSao Paulo
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriPortuguese
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number111Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation196 m760 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 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

MeasureAucklandSao Paulo
City population1,470,10011,451,999
People per km²2,6307,519
Museums within 10 km1590
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month-

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.