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São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral
The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace

Photos: Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Sao Paulo or Split?

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
  • shopping
  • nightlife

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

Choose Split for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Split’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, Split 75: Split leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Sao Paulo 84, Split 57: Sao Paulo leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Sao Paulo 60, Split 66: Split leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Sao Paulo 86, Split 52: Sao Paulo leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sao Paulo 48, Split 77: Split leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Sao Paulo 47, Split 78: Split leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Sao Paulo 52, Split 54: Split leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Sao Paulo 44, Split 67: Split leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Sao Paulo 70, Split 32: Sao Paulo leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Sao Paulo 62, Split 45: Sao Paulo leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sao Paulo 76, Split 37: Sao Paulo leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sao Paulo 25, Split 40: Split 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 Split.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Sao Paulo
58match

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

Split
57match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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

Split in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
25 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Sao PauloSplit

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre). Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSao PauloSplit
Official languagePortugueseCroatian
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 m0 m
Main airportSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureSao PauloSplit
City population11,451,999160,577
People per km²7,519-
Museums within 10 km9011
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. 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.