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The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Sao Paulo for

  • food and drink
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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. Fort Lauderdale 88, Sao Paulo 42: Fort Lauderdale leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Fort Lauderdale 47, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Lauderdale 28, Sao Paulo 60: Sao Paulo leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Fort Lauderdale 52, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Lauderdale 62, Sao Paulo 48: Fort Lauderdale leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Fort Lauderdale 58, Sao Paulo 47: Fort Lauderdale leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Fort Lauderdale 66, Sao Paulo 52: Fort Lauderdale leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Fort Lauderdale 32, Sao Paulo 44: Sao Paulo leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Lauderdale 52, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Fort Lauderdale 32, Sao Paulo 62: Sao Paulo leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Lauderdale 42, Sao Paulo 76: Sao Paulo leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Lauderdale 40, Sao Paulo 25: Fort Lauderdale leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Lauderdale and Sao Paulo.

Your match

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

Fort Lauderdale
50match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Sao Paulo
Best match
58match

Wins on food and drink 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.

Fort Lauderdale in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
166 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 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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Fort LauderdaleSao Paulo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort LauderdaleSao Paulo
Official language-Portuguese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation11 m760 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 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

MeasureFort LauderdaleSao Paulo
City population182,76011,451,999
People per km²1,8297,519
Museums within 10 km690
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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.