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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dublin 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 Dublin for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Sao Paulo for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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. Dublin 27, Sao Paulo 42: Sao Paulo leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Sao Paulo 60: Dublin leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Sao Paulo 48: Dublin leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Sao Paulo 47: Dublin leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Sao Paulo 52: Dublin leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Sao Paulo 44: Dublin leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Sao Paulo 62: Sao Paulo leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Sao Paulo 76: Sao Paulo leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 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: Dublin and Sao Paulo.

Your match

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

Dublin
53match

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

Sao Paulo
Best match
58match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinSao 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
Elevation20 m760 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 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

MeasureDublinSao Paulo
City population592,71311,451,999
People per km²5,1547,519
Museums within 10 km4090
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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.