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The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Las Vegas 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 Las Vegas for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • nightlife

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

Choose Sao Paulo for

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • families

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. Las Vegas 10, Sao Paulo 42: Sao Paulo leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Las Vegas 68, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Las Vegas 25, Sao Paulo 60: Sao Paulo leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Las Vegas 88, Sao Paulo 86: Las Vegas leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Las Vegas 68, Sao Paulo 48: Las Vegas leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Las Vegas 25, Sao Paulo 47: Sao Paulo leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Las Vegas 25, Sao Paulo 52: Sao Paulo leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Las Vegas 38, Sao Paulo 44: Sao Paulo leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Las Vegas 64, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Las Vegas 35, Sao Paulo 62: Sao Paulo leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Las Vegas 78, Sao Paulo 76: Las Vegas leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Las Vegas 40, Sao Paulo 25: Las Vegas leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Las Vegas and Sao Paulo.

Your match

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

Las Vegas
47match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

Sao Paulo
Best match
58match

Wins on culture and sights and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 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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Las VegasSao Paulo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLas VegasSao Paulo
Official language-Portuguese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation610 m760 m
Main airportHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinationsSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureLas VegasSao Paulo
City population641,90311,451,999
People per km²1,8437,519
Museums within 10 km2190
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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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). 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.