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Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Nice 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 Nice for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Sao Paulo for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • prices

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. Nice 75, Sao Paulo 42: Nice leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Nice 66, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Nice 64, Sao Paulo 60: Nice leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Nice 47, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 39 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nice 80, Sao Paulo 48: Nice leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Nice 87, Sao Paulo 47: Nice leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Nice 57, Sao Paulo 52: Nice leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Nice 74, Sao Paulo 44: Nice leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Nice 55, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Nice 35, Sao Paulo 62: Sao Paulo leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nice 45, Sao Paulo 76: Sao Paulo leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nice 40, Sao Paulo 25: Nice leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nice and Sao Paulo.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Nice
60match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Sao Paulo
58match

Wins on nightlife 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.

Nice in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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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NiceSao Paulo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Nice: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (8 km from centre). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNiceSao Paulo
Official languageFrenchPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation0 m760 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 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

MeasureNiceSao Paulo
City population357,73711,451,999
People per km²4,9757,519
Museums within 10 km1790
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.