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Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Perth 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 Perth for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’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. Perth 86, Sao Paulo 42: Perth leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Perth 58, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Perth 42, Sao Paulo 60: Sao Paulo leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Perth 42, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Perth 72, Sao Paulo 48: Perth leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Perth 48, Sao Paulo 47: Perth leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Perth 74, Sao Paulo 52: Perth leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Perth 55, Sao Paulo 44: Perth leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Perth 44, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Perth 28, Sao Paulo 62: Sao Paulo leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Perth 50, Sao Paulo 76: Sao Paulo leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Perth 38, Sao Paulo 25: Perth leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Perth and Sao Paulo.

Your match

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

Perth
53match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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.

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 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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PerthSao Paulo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePerthSao Paulo
Official languageEnglishPortuguese
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-3
Emergency number000Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation2 m760 m
Main airportPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 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

MeasurePerthSao Paulo
City population2,141,83411,451,999
People per km²3347,519
Museums within 10 km1590
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months-

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.