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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Gdansk 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 Gdansk for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Sao Paulo for

  • food and drink
  • 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. Gdansk 40, Sao Paulo 42: Sao Paulo leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Sao Paulo 60: Gdansk leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Sao Paulo 48: Gdansk leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Sao Paulo 47: Gdansk leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Sao Paulo 52: Gdansk leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Sao Paulo 44: Gdansk leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Sao Paulo 62: Gdansk leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Sao Paulo 76: Sao Paulo leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Sao Paulo 25: Gdansk leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Sao Paulo.

Your match

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

Gdansk
55match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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.

Gdansk in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °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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GdanskSao Paulo

Where the figures come from

Gdansk 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.

Gdansk's sunshine is measured 55 km from the centre, at Elblag.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskSao Paulo
Official languagePolishPortuguese
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCE50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation11 m760 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 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

MeasureGdanskSao Paulo
City population487,83411,451,999
People per km²7147,519
Museums within 10 km3490
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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). 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.