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São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Sao Paulo or Seville?

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

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Seville for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Seville’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, Seville 18: Sao Paulo leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Sao Paulo 84, Seville 73: Sao Paulo leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Sao Paulo 60, Seville 82: Seville leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Sao Paulo 86, Seville 62: Sao Paulo leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sao Paulo 48, Seville 52: Seville leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Sao Paulo 47, Seville 80: Seville leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Sao Paulo 52, Seville 55: Seville leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Sao Paulo 44, Seville 72: Seville leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Sao Paulo 70, Seville 55: Sao Paulo leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Sao Paulo 62, Seville 58: Sao Paulo leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sao Paulo 76, Seville 68: Sao Paulo leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sao Paulo 25, Seville 40: Seville 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 Seville.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Sao Paulo
58match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Seville
60match

Wins on day trips 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
11 hdaylight a day

Seville in July

36 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
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). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSao PauloSeville
Official languagePortugueseSpanish
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCN60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation760 m18 m
Main airportSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSao PauloSeville
City population11,451,999689,423
People per km²7,5194,896
Museums within 10 km9024
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.