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Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Portland 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 Portland for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

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

Choose Sao Paulo for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • beaches

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. Portland 20, Sao Paulo 42: Sao Paulo leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Portland 68, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Portland 38, Sao Paulo 60: Sao Paulo leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Portland 52, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Portland 84, Sao Paulo 48: Portland leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Portland 58, Sao Paulo 47: Portland leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Portland 55, Sao Paulo 52: Portland leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Portland 62, Sao Paulo 44: Portland leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Portland 52, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Portland 38, Sao Paulo 62: Sao Paulo leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Portland 55, Sao Paulo 76: Sao Paulo leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Portland 42, Sao Paulo 25: Portland leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Portland and Sao Paulo.

Your match

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

Portland
52match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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.

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 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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PortlandSao Paulo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortlandSao Paulo
Official language-Portuguese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation152 m760 m
Main airportPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortlandSao Paulo
City population652,50311,451,999
People per km²1,7367,519
Museums within 10 km1790
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.