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Whitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum, Palm Beach
Palm BeachWhitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Palm Beach by Khowald, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Palm 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 Palm Beach for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Sao Paulo for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • 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. Palm Beach 82, Sao Paulo 42: Palm Beach leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Palm Beach 47, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Palm Beach 45, Sao Paulo 60: Sao Paulo leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Palm Beach 32, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 54 points.
Nature & outdoors. Palm Beach 58, Sao Paulo 48: Palm Beach leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Palm Beach 55, Sao Paulo 47: Palm Beach leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Palm Beach 62, Sao Paulo 52: Palm Beach leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Palm Beach 32, Sao Paulo 44: Sao Paulo leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Palm Beach 66, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Palm Beach 12, Sao Paulo 62: Sao Paulo leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Palm Beach 45, Sao Paulo 76: Sao Paulo leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Palm Beach 55, Sao Paulo 25: Palm Beach leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Palm Beach and Sao Paulo.

Your match

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

Palm Beach
49match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Sao Paulo
Best match
58match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Palm Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °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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Palm BeachSao Paulo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (6.8 km from centre). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePalm 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
Elevation2 m760 m
Main airportPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 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

MeasurePalm BeachSao Paulo
City population9,24511,451,999
People per km²3227,519
Museums within 10 km490
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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.