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The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Jerusalem 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 Jerusalem for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

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

Choose Sao Paulo for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • 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. Jerusalem 40, Sao Paulo 42: Sao Paulo leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Jerusalem 66, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Jerusalem 92, Sao Paulo 60: Jerusalem leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Jerusalem 38, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jerusalem 60, Sao Paulo 48: Jerusalem leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Jerusalem 80, Sao Paulo 47: Jerusalem leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Jerusalem and Sao Paulo are level on 52.
Getting around. Jerusalem 55, Sao Paulo 44: Jerusalem leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Jerusalem 48, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Jerusalem 20, Sao Paulo 62: Sao Paulo leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jerusalem 40, Sao Paulo 76: Sao Paulo leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jerusalem 42, Sao Paulo 25: Jerusalem leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jerusalem and Sao Paulo.

Your match

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

Jerusalem
53match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Sao Paulo
Best match
58match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Jerusalem in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °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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JerusalemSao Paulo

Where the figures come from

Jerusalem 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. Jerusalem: 1991-2020 normals, Jerusalem (1.8 km from centre). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJerusalemSao Paulo
Official languageHebrewPortuguese
CurrencyNew Israeli Sheqel (ILS)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCHM230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 100, fire 102Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation754 m760 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-15 days

By the numbers

MeasureJerusalemSao Paulo
City population1,050,15111,451,999
People per km²8,3747,519
Museums within 10 km6990
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km70
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.