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São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Sao Paulo or Tangier?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Tangier for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Tangier’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, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Sao Paulo 84, Tangier 58: Sao Paulo leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Sao Paulo 60, Tangier 57: Sao Paulo leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Sao Paulo 86, Tangier 30: Sao Paulo leads by 56 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sao Paulo 48, Tangier 55: Tangier leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Sao Paulo 47, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Sao Paulo 52, Tangier 35: Sao Paulo leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Sao Paulo 44, Tangier 40: Sao Paulo leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Sao Paulo 70, Tangier 42: Sao Paulo leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Sao Paulo 62, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sao Paulo 76, Tangier 28: Sao Paulo leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sao Paulo 25, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sao Paulo and Tangier.

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.

Tangier
49match

Wins on day trips and wellness 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

Tangier in July

29 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
14 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). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSao PauloTangier
Official languagePortugueseArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCN60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation760 m56 m
Main airportSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSao PauloTangier
City population11,451,9991,275,428
People per km²7,5196,393
Museums within 10 km906
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.