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São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral
The old railway depot in the snow, Steamboat Springs
Steamboat SpringsThe old railway depot in the snow

Photos: Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Steamboat Springs by Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Sao Paulo or Steamboat Springs?

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
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Steamboat Springs for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Steamboat Springs’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, Steamboat Springs 7: Sao Paulo leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Sao Paulo 84, Steamboat Springs 30: Sao Paulo leads by 54 points.
Culture & sights. Sao Paulo 60, Steamboat Springs 14: Sao Paulo leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Sao Paulo 86, Steamboat Springs 20: Sao Paulo leads by 66 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sao Paulo 48, Steamboat Springs 88: Steamboat Springs leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Sao Paulo 47, Steamboat Springs 12: Sao Paulo leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Sao Paulo 52, Steamboat Springs 62: Steamboat Springs leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Sao Paulo 44, Steamboat Springs 46: Steamboat Springs leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Sao Paulo 70, Steamboat Springs 22: Sao Paulo leads by 48 points.
Affordability. Sao Paulo 62, Steamboat Springs 17: Sao Paulo leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sao Paulo 76, Steamboat Springs 28: Sao Paulo leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sao Paulo 25, Steamboat Springs 70: Steamboat Springs leads by 45 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sao Paulo and Steamboat Springs.

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 food and drink with your weighting.

Steamboat Springs
35match

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

Steamboat Springs in July

28 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Steamboat Springs 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). Steamboat Springs: 2011-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Steamboat Springs / Steamboat Ii (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSao PauloSteamboat Springs
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCN60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193911
Elevation760 m2,052 m
Main airportSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsYampa Valley Airport (HDN)33 km from centre17 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSao PauloSteamboat Springs
City population11,451,99913,224
People per km²7,519503
Museums within 10 km900
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.