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São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral
Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom

Photos: Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Sao Paulo or Stuttgart?

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
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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

Choose Stuttgart for

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Stuttgart’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, Stuttgart 8: Sao Paulo leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Sao Paulo 84, Stuttgart 58: Sao Paulo leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Sao Paulo 60, Stuttgart 62: Stuttgart leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Sao Paulo 86, Stuttgart 42: Sao Paulo leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sao Paulo 48, Stuttgart 60: Stuttgart leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Sao Paulo 47, Stuttgart 80: Stuttgart leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Sao Paulo 52, Stuttgart 66: Stuttgart leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Sao Paulo 44, Stuttgart 72: Stuttgart leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Sao Paulo 70, Stuttgart 58: Sao Paulo leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Sao Paulo 62, Stuttgart 40: Sao Paulo leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sao Paulo 76, Stuttgart 74: Sao Paulo leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sao Paulo 25, Stuttgart 64: Stuttgart leads by 39 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sao Paulo and Stuttgart.

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 nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

Stuttgart
57match

Wins on wellness 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
11 hdaylight a day

Stuttgart in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
79 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Sao PauloStuttgart

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre). Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSao PauloStuttgart
Official languagePortugueseGerman
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 m245 m
Main airportSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSao PauloStuttgart
City population11,451,999609,365
People per km²7,5192,938
Museums within 10 km9042
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03

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. 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.