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The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Rovinj 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 Rovinj for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Sao Paulo for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • 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. Rovinj 70, Sao Paulo 42: Rovinj leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Rovinj 50, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Rovinj 38, Sao Paulo 60: Sao Paulo leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Rovinj 25, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 61 points.
Nature & outdoors. Rovinj 60, Sao Paulo 48: Rovinj leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Rovinj 68, Sao Paulo 47: Rovinj leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Rovinj and Sao Paulo are level on 52.
Getting around. Rovinj 55, Sao Paulo 44: Rovinj leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Rovinj 28, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Rovinj 36, Sao Paulo 62: Sao Paulo leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Rovinj 15, Sao Paulo 76: Sao Paulo leads by 61 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Rovinj 42, Sao Paulo 25: Rovinj leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Rovinj and Sao Paulo.

Your match

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

Rovinj
45match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Sao Paulo
Best match
58match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Rovinj in July

29 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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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Where the figures come from

Rovinj's temperatures are measured 64 km from the centre, at Trieste.

Rovinj has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRovinjSao Paulo
Official languageCroatianPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation0 m760 m
Main airportPula Airport (PUY)31 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 year14 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureRovinjSao Paulo
City population12,96811,451,999
People per km²-7,519
Museums within 10 km190
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.