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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Izmir 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 Izmir for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Izmir’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. Izmir 62, Sao Paulo 42: Izmir leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, Sao Paulo 60: Sao Paulo leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, Sao Paulo 48: Izmir leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Sao Paulo 47: Izmir leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, Sao Paulo 52: Izmir leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Sao Paulo 44: Izmir leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, Sao Paulo 62: Izmir leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Sao Paulo 76: Sao Paulo leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, Sao Paulo 25: Izmir leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and Sao Paulo.

Your match

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

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on day trips and wellness with your weighting.

Sao Paulo
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.

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °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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IzmirSao Paulo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirSao Paulo
Official languageTurkishPortuguese
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-3
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation2 m760 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 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

MeasureIzmirSao Paulo
City population4,493,24211,451,999
People per km²4,7607,519
Museums within 10 km2990
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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). 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.