Brazil
Sao Paulo
Match
56
- Beach first52
- Culture first58
- Food & nightlife62
- Family trip55
- Nature first57
- Good weather57
- On a budget60
The nine measures
Each scored 0 to 100 against fixed anchors, so a score means the same thing on every page. Open a row for the figures behind it.
Beaches & swimming. Scores 0 out of 100.0
| Score | 0 |
|---|---|
| Swim season months | 0 |
| Beaches 10 km | 0 |
| Coast distance | 51 km |
| Water distance | — |
No swimmable water within reach: no temperature series exists for any water body near the city, and the 0 spots mapped within 10 km are pool, canal or river water.
Places to eat. Scores 73 out of 100.73
| Score | 73 |
|---|---|
| Restaurants within 2 km of centre | 1,735 |
| Effective number of cuisines within 2 km | 27 |
1735 restaurants within 2 km of the centre, spread across an effective 27 kitchens.
Museums & heritage. Scores 43 out of 100.43
| Score | 43 |
|---|---|
| Museums within 10 km | 82 |
| Museums within 2 km of centre | 26 |
| Share of museums within 2 km % | 32 |
| Unesco sites within 50 km | 0 |
82 museums mapped within 10 km, 32% of them within 2 km of the centre, and 0 whole UNESCO inscriptions within 50 km.
Nightlife. Scores 72 out of 100.72
| Score | 72 |
|---|---|
| Drinking venues within 4 km | 1,747 |
| Drinking venues within 2 km of centre | 896 |
| Share of drinking venues within 2 km % | 51 |
| Nightclubs within 4 km | 118 |
1747 places to drink within 4 km, 118 nightclubs among them, and 51% of the drinking venues within 2 km of the centre.
Nature & day trips. Scores 51 out of 100.51
| Score | 51 |
|---|---|
| Protected land share 50 km % | 26 |
| Landscape blanket share 50 km % | 15 |
| Land share of disc % | 95 |
| Park area within 2 km | 52 hectares |
26% of the 50 km disc around the city is protected land, and there are 52 hectares of park within 2 km of the centre.
Good for families. Scores 55 out of 100.55
| Score | 55 |
|---|---|
| Tourist attractions within 2 km | 38 |
| Park area within 2 km | 52 hectares |
| Theme parks within 30 km | 1 |
38 tourist attractions within 2 km beside 52 hectares of park, and 1 theme park within 30 km.
Sights concentration. Scores 50 out of 100.50
| Score | 50 |
|---|---|
| Notable places within 2 km | 68 |
| Min wikipedia languages | 5 |
68 notable places within 2 km of the centre, counting places with a Wikipedia presence in at least five languages.
Value for money. Scores 81 out of 100.81
| Score | 81 |
|---|---|
| Price level global | 46.1 |
| Daily budget | — |
National price level of 46.1 against the United States at 100, scored on a fixed scale from 20, the cheapest countries anyone travels to, to 160, the most expensive.
Year-round weather. Scores 83 out of 100.83
| Score | 83 |
|---|---|
| Monthly daytime high | 22.8 °C to 29.2 °C |
| Monthly rainfall | 26 mm to 297 mm |
| Dry months | 1 |
Daytime highs run 23-29 °C across the year, with 1 month(s) at 40 mm of rain or less.
When should you go?
The figures behind each month, shaded against this city's own year: the deepest cell is its best month for that measure and the palest its weakest.
Temperature and rainfall are thirty-year climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).
Getting there
| Flying from | Sao Paulo |
|---|---|
| Rio de JaneiroGIG, SDU, RRJ | 1 h 5 m €190-227 GRU · 21 km |
| Buenos AiresEZE, AEP | 2 h 40 m €281-355 GRU · 21 km |
| BrasiliaBSB | 1 h 40 m €232-237 CGH · 9 km |
| SalvadorSSA | 2 h 25 m €212-235 CGH · 9 km |
| Belo HorizonteCNF, PLU | 1 h 15 m €127-154 GRU · 21 km |
| RecifeREC | 3 h 10 m €233-252 GRU · 21 km |
| MadridMAD | 10 h 30 m €739-741 GRU · 21 km |
| New YorkJFK, EWR, LGA | 9 h 40 m €576-611 GRU · 21 km |
| JohannesburgJNB, HLA | 9 h 25 m €445-559 GRU · 21 km |
| BeijingPEK, PKX | 21 h 20 m €1,139-1567 2 stops GRU · 21 km |
The busiest departure cities for Sao Paulo, with a place kept for each other part of the world. Busiest means arriving passengers where an official count exists, and where none does, the number of non-stop services flown: official route statistics are published by the European reporting countries and by nobody else, so a table ranked on them alone would offer a reader in New York or Tokyo ten European cities. Flying times are estimated from the distance between airports, and every row is a city flown non-stop. Where the typical offer connects anyway, the stops are shown. Under each figure is the airport the flight lands at and how far that is from the centre, because the nearest airport is not always the one a route is flown to. Typical return fares for 2026-08 to 2026-10, cached market data up to 7 days old. The figure is the middle half of the offers found, so a single price means they agreed and a range means they did not; for a typical route that middle half spans about a quarter of the median, and for the least settled routes rather more than the median itself.
Before you go
| Measure | Sao Paulo |
|---|---|
| Official language | Portuguese |
| Currency | Brazilian Real (BRL) |
| Sockets | CN60 Hz |
| Driving side | Right |
| Time zone | UTC-3 |
| Emergency number | Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193 |
| Elevation | 760 m |
| Main airport | São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre102 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 15 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Sao Paulo |
|---|---|
| City population | 11,451,999 |
| People per km² | 7,519 |
| Museums within 10 km | 90 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 0 |
| Distinct cuisines in the centre | 59 |
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