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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik 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 Dubrovnik for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Sao Paulo for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • 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. Dubrovnik 74, Sao Paulo 42: Dubrovnik leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Sao Paulo 60: Dubrovnik leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 49 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Sao Paulo 48: Dubrovnik leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Sao Paulo 47: Dubrovnik leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Sao Paulo 52: Sao Paulo leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Sao Paulo 44: Dubrovnik leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 45 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Sao Paulo 62: Sao Paulo leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Sao Paulo 76: Sao Paulo leads by 51 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Sao Paulo 25: Dubrovnik leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Sao Paulo.

Your match

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

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Sao Paulo
Best match
58match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Dubrovnik in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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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DubrovnikSao Paulo

Where the figures come from

Dubrovnik 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.

Dubrovnik's sunshine is measured 83 km from the centre, at Mostar.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dubrovnik: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dubrovnik / Cilipi (15.3 km from centre). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikSao Paulo
Official languageCroatianPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCF230 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 airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikSao Paulo
City population41,56211,451,999
People per km²-7,519
Museums within 10 km790
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months-

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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.