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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Avignon 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 Avignon for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Sao Paulo for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • 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. Avignon 22, Sao Paulo 42: Sao Paulo leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Sao Paulo 60: Avignon leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 56 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Sao Paulo 48: Avignon leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Sao Paulo 47: Avignon leads by 45 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Sao Paulo 52: Sao Paulo leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Sao Paulo 44: Avignon leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Sao Paulo 62: Sao Paulo leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Sao Paulo 76: Sao Paulo leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Sao Paulo 25: Avignon leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Sao Paulo.

Your match

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

Avignon
53match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Sao Paulo
Best match
58match

Wins on nightlife and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Avignon in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
24 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine 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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AvignonSao Paulo

Where the figures come from

Avignon 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.

Avignon's sunshine is measured 65 km from the centre, at Marseille / Marignane.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Avignon: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Avignon / Morières-lès-Avignon (8.6 km from centre). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonSao Paulo
Official languageFrenchPortuguese
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
Elevation10 m760 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonSao Paulo
City population92,18811,451,999
People per km²1,4207,519
Museums within 10 km1190
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km60

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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.