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São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral
Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway

Photos: Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License.

Sao Paulo or Siem Reap?

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 Siem Reap for

  • wellness
  • culture and sights
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Siem Reap’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, Siem Reap 5: Sao Paulo leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Sao Paulo 84, Siem Reap 45: Sao Paulo leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. Sao Paulo 60, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Sao Paulo 86, Siem Reap 42: Sao Paulo leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sao Paulo 48, Siem Reap 40: Sao Paulo leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Sao Paulo 47, Siem Reap 55: Siem Reap leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Sao Paulo 52, Siem Reap 35: Sao Paulo leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Sao Paulo 44, Siem Reap 30: Sao Paulo leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Sao Paulo 70, Siem Reap 38: Sao Paulo leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Sao Paulo 62, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sao Paulo 76, Siem Reap 32: Sao Paulo leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sao Paulo 25, Siem Reap 60: Siem Reap leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sao Paulo and Siem Reap.

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.

Siem Reap
47match

Wins on wellness and culture and sights 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

Siem Reap in July

30 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Siem Reap has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre). Siem Reap: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureSao PauloSiem Reap
Official languagePortugueseKhmer
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCN60 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation760 m18 m
Main airportSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureSao PauloSiem Reap
City population11,451,999147,866
People per km²7,519-
Museums within 10 km906
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.