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The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Salzburg 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 Salzburg for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Sao Paulo for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • prices

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. Salzburg 35, Sao Paulo 42: Sao Paulo leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Salzburg 45, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. Salzburg 72, Sao Paulo 60: Salzburg leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Salzburg 25, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 61 points.
Nature & outdoors. Salzburg 86, Sao Paulo 48: Salzburg leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Salzburg 80, Sao Paulo 47: Salzburg leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Salzburg 65, Sao Paulo 52: Salzburg leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Salzburg 72, Sao Paulo 44: Salzburg leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Salzburg 48, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Salzburg 32, Sao Paulo 62: Sao Paulo leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Salzburg 80, Sao Paulo 76: Salzburg leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Salzburg 55, Sao Paulo 25: Salzburg leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Salzburg and Sao Paulo.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Salzburg
58match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

Sao Paulo
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.

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine 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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SalzburgSao Paulo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSalzburgSao Paulo
Official languageGerman, Austrian Sign LanguagePortuguese
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
Elevation424 m760 m
Main airportSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureSalzburgSao Paulo
City population155,02111,451,999
People per km²2,3607,519
Museums within 10 km3890
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30

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