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The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Krakow 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 Krakow for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Sao Paulo for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • 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. Krakow 9, Sao Paulo 42: Sao Paulo leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Krakow 55, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Krakow 77, Sao Paulo 60: Krakow leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Krakow 68, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krakow 62, Sao Paulo 48: Krakow leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Krakow 76, Sao Paulo 47: Krakow leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Krakow 58, Sao Paulo 52: Krakow leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Krakow 74, Sao Paulo 44: Krakow leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Krakow 48, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Krakow 72, Sao Paulo 62: Krakow leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krakow 55, Sao Paulo 76: Sao Paulo leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krakow 36, Sao Paulo 25: Krakow leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Krakow and Sao Paulo.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Krakow
58match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Sao Paulo
58match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Krakow in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
100 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Sao Paulo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
53 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KrakowSao Paulo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrakowSao 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
Elevation219 m760 m
Main airportKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 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

MeasureKrakowSao Paulo
City population804,23711,451,999
People per km²2,4597,519
Museums within 10 km11390
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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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. 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.