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Galway Cathedral from the River Corrib, Galway
GalwayGalway Cathedral from the River Corrib
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Galway by Dieglop, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Galway 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 Galway for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Sao Paulo for

  • food and drink
  • nightlife
  • prices

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. Galway 28, Sao Paulo 42: Sao Paulo leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Galway 45, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. Galway 33, Sao Paulo 60: Sao Paulo leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Galway 50, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galway 78, Sao Paulo 48: Galway leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Galway 56, Sao Paulo 47: Galway leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Galway 42, Sao Paulo 52: Sao Paulo leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Galway 58, Sao Paulo 44: Galway leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Galway 38, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Galway 28, Sao Paulo 62: Sao Paulo leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galway 57, Sao Paulo 76: Sao Paulo leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galway 28, Sao Paulo 25: Galway leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galway and Sao Paulo.

Your match

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

Galway
45match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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.

Galway in July

20 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
4 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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GalwaySao Paulo

Where the figures come from

Galway's temperatures are measured 64 km from the centre, at Shannon Airport.

Galway 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Galway: 1991-2020 normals, Shannon Airport (64.2 km from centre). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalwaySao 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
Elevation25 m760 m
Main airportShannon Airport (SNN)64 km from centre39 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

MeasureGalwaySao Paulo
City population83,45611,451,999
People per km²1,5637,519
Museums within 10 km490
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.