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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Delhi 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 Delhi for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Sao Paulo for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Delhi 4, Sao Paulo 42: Sao Paulo leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Delhi and Sao Paulo are level on 84.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Sao Paulo 60: Delhi leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Sao Paulo 48: Sao Paulo leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Sao Paulo 47: Delhi leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Sao Paulo 52: Sao Paulo leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Sao Paulo 44: Delhi leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Sao Paulo 70: Delhi leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Sao Paulo 62: Delhi leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Sao Paulo 76: Sao Paulo leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi and Sao Paulo are level on 25.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Sao Paulo.

Your match

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

Delhi
53match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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.

Delhi in July

36 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
190 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
14 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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DelhiSao Paulo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiSao Paulo
Official languageHindi, EnglishPortuguese
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-3
Emergency number108 or 112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation221 m760 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-15 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiSao Paulo
City population26,495,00011,451,999
People per km²18,9627,519
Museums within 10 km2390
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.