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São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral
The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70

Photos: Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

Sao Paulo or Seattle?

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

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Seattle for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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, Seattle 30: Sao Paulo leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Sao Paulo 84, Seattle 66: Sao Paulo leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Sao Paulo 60, Seattle 50: Sao Paulo leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Sao Paulo 86, Seattle 55: Sao Paulo leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sao Paulo 48, Seattle 87: Seattle leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Sao Paulo 47, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Sao Paulo 52, Seattle 64: Seattle leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Sao Paulo 44, Seattle 60: Seattle leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Sao Paulo 70, Seattle 52: Sao Paulo leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Sao Paulo 62, Seattle 22: Sao Paulo leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sao Paulo 76, Seattle 70: Sao Paulo leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sao Paulo 25, Seattle 40: Seattle 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 Seattle.

Your match

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

Sao Paulo
Best match
58match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Seattle
54match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Sao PauloSeattle

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre). Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSao PauloSeattle
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCN60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193911
Elevation760 m40 m
Main airportSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSao PauloSeattle
City population11,451,999737,015
People per km²7,5191,996
Museums within 10 km9027
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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