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Lower Broadway and its honky-tonks, Nashville
NashvilleLower Broadway and its honky-tonks
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Nashville by Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Nashville 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 Nashville for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Sao Paulo for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • 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. Nashville 14, Sao Paulo 42: Sao Paulo leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Nashville 62, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Nashville 50, Sao Paulo 60: Sao Paulo leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Nashville 70, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nashville 46, Sao Paulo 48: Sao Paulo leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Nashville 52, Sao Paulo 47: Nashville leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Nashville 55, Sao Paulo 52: Nashville leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Nashville 30, Sao Paulo 44: Sao Paulo leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Nashville 42, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Nashville 30, Sao Paulo 62: Sao Paulo leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nashville 82, Sao Paulo 76: Nashville leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nashville 20, Sao Paulo 25: Sao Paulo leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nashville and Sao Paulo.

Your match

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

Nashville
46match

Wins on live music and the arts and day trips with your weighting.

Sao Paulo
Best match
58match

Wins on prices 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.

Nashville in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
104 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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NashvilleSao Paulo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Nashville: 1991-2020 normals, Nashville Airport (9.6 km from centre). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNashvilleSao Paulo
Official language-Portuguese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation182 m760 m
Main airportNashville International Airport (BNA)10 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureNashvilleSao Paulo
City population689,44711,451,999
People per km²5067,519
Museums within 10 km1290
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.