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São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
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Bell Rock outside Sedona, Sedona
SedonaBell Rock outside Sedona

Photos: Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Sedona by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Sao Paulo or Sedona?

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

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

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

Choose Sedona for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Sedona’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, Sedona 16: Sao Paulo leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Sao Paulo 84, Sedona 33: Sao Paulo leads by 51 points.
Culture & sights. Sao Paulo 60, Sedona 20: Sao Paulo leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Sao Paulo 86, Sedona 8: Sao Paulo leads by 78 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sao Paulo 48, Sedona 93: Sedona leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Sao Paulo 47, Sedona 55: Sedona leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Sao Paulo 52, Sedona 42: Sao Paulo leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Sao Paulo 44, Sedona 22: Sao Paulo leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Sao Paulo 70, Sedona 34: Sao Paulo leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Sao Paulo 62, Sedona 18: Sao Paulo leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sao Paulo 76, Sedona 13: Sao Paulo leads by 63 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sao Paulo 25, Sedona 82: Sedona leads by 57 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sao Paulo and Sedona.

Your match

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

Sao Paulo
Best match
58match

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

Sedona
36match

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
11 hdaylight a day

Sedona in July

34 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
51 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Sedona's station stands 153 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Sedona 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. Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre). Sedona: 2009-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sedona / West Sedona (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSao PauloSedona
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCN60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-7
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193911
Elevation760 m1,319 m
Main airportSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)160 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSao PauloSedona
City population11,451,9999,684
People per km²7,519195
Museums within 10 km900
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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. 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.