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The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Myrtle Beach 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 Myrtle Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

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

Choose Sao Paulo for

  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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. Myrtle Beach 84, Sao Paulo 42: Myrtle Beach leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Myrtle Beach 38, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 46 points.
Culture & sights. Myrtle Beach 20, Sao Paulo 60: Sao Paulo leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Myrtle Beach 42, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Myrtle Beach 46, Sao Paulo 48: Sao Paulo leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Myrtle Beach 50, Sao Paulo 47: Myrtle Beach leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Myrtle Beach 80, Sao Paulo 52: Myrtle Beach leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Myrtle Beach 18, Sao Paulo 44: Sao Paulo leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Myrtle Beach 38, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Myrtle Beach 52, Sao Paulo 62: Sao Paulo leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Myrtle Beach 30, Sao Paulo 76: Sao Paulo leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Myrtle Beach 28, Sao Paulo 25: Myrtle Beach leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Myrtle Beach and Sao Paulo.

Your match

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

Myrtle Beach
44match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Sao Paulo
Best match
58match

Wins on food and drink 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.

Myrtle Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
172 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °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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Myrtle BeachSao Paulo

Where the figures come from

Myrtle Beach 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. Myrtle Beach: 1971-2000 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Myrtle Beach Air Force Base (5.5 km from centre). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMyrtle BeachSao Paulo
Official language-Portuguese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation8 m760 m
Main airportMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureMyrtle BeachSao Paulo
City population35,68211,451,999
People per km²5917,519
Museums within 10 km290
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 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). 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.