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São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Sao Paulo or Savannah?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Savannah for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Savannah’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, Savannah 55: Savannah leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Sao Paulo 84, Savannah 58: Sao Paulo leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Sao Paulo 60, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Sao Paulo 86, Savannah 52: Sao Paulo leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sao Paulo and Savannah are level on 48.
Day trips. Sao Paulo 47, Savannah 60: Savannah leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Sao Paulo 52, Savannah 50: Sao Paulo leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Sao Paulo 44, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Sao Paulo 70, Savannah 42: Sao Paulo leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Sao Paulo 62, Savannah 35: Sao Paulo leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sao Paulo 76, Savannah 40: Sao Paulo leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sao Paulo 25, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sao Paulo and Savannah.

Your match

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

Sao Paulo
Best match
58match

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

Savannah
51match

Wins on wellness and getting around 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

Savannah in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
144 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Sao PauloSavannah

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSao PauloSavannah
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCN60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193911
Elevation760 m15 m
Main airportSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSao PauloSavannah
City population11,451,999147,780
People per km²7,519524
Museums within 10 km9019
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 months

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.