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Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Quebec City 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 Quebec City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose Sao Paulo for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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. Quebec City 18, Sao Paulo 42: Sao Paulo leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Quebec City 57, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Quebec City 70, Sao Paulo 60: Quebec City leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Quebec City 42, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Quebec City 79, Sao Paulo 48: Quebec City leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Quebec City 58, Sao Paulo 47: Quebec City leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Quebec City 64, Sao Paulo 52: Quebec City leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Quebec City 50, Sao Paulo 44: Quebec City leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Quebec City 45, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Quebec City 45, Sao Paulo 62: Sao Paulo leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quebec City 52, Sao Paulo 76: Sao Paulo leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quebec City 55, Sao Paulo 25: Quebec City leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Quebec City and Sao Paulo.

Your match

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

Quebec City
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

Sao Paulo
Best match
58match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
16 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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Quebec CitySao Paulo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuebec CitySao Paulo
Official languageFrench, EnglishPortuguese
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)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
Elevation98 m760 m
Main airportQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinationsSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureQuebec CitySao Paulo
City population574,48211,451,999
People per km²1,1847,519
Museums within 10 km1690
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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.