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São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral
The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds

Photos: Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Sao Paulo or Sapporo?

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 Sao Paulo for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Sapporo for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Sapporo’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. Sao Paulo 42, Sapporo 28: Sao Paulo leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Sao Paulo 84, Sapporo 80: Sao Paulo leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Sao Paulo 60, Sapporo 40: Sao Paulo leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Sao Paulo 86, Sapporo 62: Sao Paulo leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sao Paulo 48, Sapporo 86: Sapporo leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Sao Paulo 47, Sapporo 64: Sapporo leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Sao Paulo 52, Sapporo 72: Sapporo leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Sao Paulo 44, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Sao Paulo 70, Sapporo 58: Sao Paulo leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Sao Paulo 62, Sapporo 60: Sao Paulo leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sao Paulo 76, Sapporo 44: Sao Paulo leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sao Paulo 25, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 55 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sao Paulo and Sapporo.

Your match

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

Sao Paulo
58match

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

Sapporo
Best match
63match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Sapporo in July

25 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre). Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSao PauloSapporo
Official languagePortugueseJapanese
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCN60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193Police 110, fire 119
Elevation760 m5 m
Main airportSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureSao PauloSapporo
City population11,451,9991,959,313
People per km²7,5191,747
Museums within 10 km9033
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-1 month

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.