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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cork 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 Cork for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Sao Paulo for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

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. Cork 25, Sao Paulo 42: Sao Paulo leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Sao Paulo 60: Sao Paulo leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Sao Paulo 48: Cork leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Cork 68, Sao Paulo 47: Cork leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Sao Paulo 52: Sao Paulo leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Sao Paulo 44: Cork leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Sao Paulo 62: Sao Paulo leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Sao Paulo 76: Sao Paulo leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Sao Paulo 25: Sao Paulo leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Sao Paulo.

Your match

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

Cork
45match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors 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.

Cork in July

19 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 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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CorkSao Paulo

Where the figures come from

Cork's station stands 153 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cork: 1991-2020 normals, Cork Airport (5.6 km from centre). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkSao Paulo
Official languageEnglish, IrishPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation0 m760 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 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

MeasureCorkSao Paulo
City population222,33311,451,999
People per km²5,9617,519
Museums within 10 km590
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). 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.