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The fountain in Piazza De Ferrari, Genoa
GenoaThe fountain in Piazza De Ferrari
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Genoa by Faber1893, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Genoa 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 Genoa for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Sao Paulo for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • 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. Genoa 62, Sao Paulo 42: Genoa leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Genoa 72, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Genoa 76, Sao Paulo 60: Genoa leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Genoa 42, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Genoa 78, Sao Paulo 48: Genoa leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Genoa 83, Sao Paulo 47: Genoa leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Genoa 64, Sao Paulo 52: Genoa leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Genoa 66, Sao Paulo 44: Genoa leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Genoa 48, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Genoa 55, Sao Paulo 62: Sao Paulo leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Genoa 52, Sao Paulo 76: Sao Paulo leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Genoa 35, Sao Paulo 25: Genoa leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Genoa and Sao Paulo.

Your match

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

Genoa
Best match
61match

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

Sao Paulo
58match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Genoa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °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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Where the figures come from

Genoa 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.

Genoa's sunshine is measured 80 km from the centre, at Capo Mele.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Genoa: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (6.7 km from centre). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenoaSao Paulo
Official languageItalianPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation20 m760 m
Main airportGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)7 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenoaSao Paulo
City population558,74511,451,999
People per km²2,3257,519
Museums within 10 km5190
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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.