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Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Orlando 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 Orlando for

  • families
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Sao Paulo for

  • nightlife
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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. Orlando and Sao Paulo are level on 42.
Food & drink. Orlando 48, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Orlando 22, Sao Paulo 60: Sao Paulo leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Orlando 40, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Orlando 46, Sao Paulo 48: Sao Paulo leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Orlando 58, Sao Paulo 47: Orlando leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Orlando 98, Sao Paulo 52: Orlando leads by 46 points.
Getting around. Orlando 8, Sao Paulo 44: Sao Paulo leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Orlando 58, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Orlando 36, Sao Paulo 62: Sao Paulo leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Orlando 40, Sao Paulo 76: Sao Paulo leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Orlando 32, Sao Paulo 25: Orlando leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Orlando and Sao Paulo.

Your match

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

Orlando
44match

Wins on families and day trips with your weighting.

Sao Paulo
Best match
58match

Wins on nightlife and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Orlando in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
189 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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OrlandoSao Paulo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOrlandoSao 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
Elevation34 m760 m
Main airportOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 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

MeasureOrlandoSao Paulo
City population334,85411,451,999
People per km²1,0867,519
Museums within 10 km1190
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.