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São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral
Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town

Photos: Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License.

Sao Paulo or Tbilisi?

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

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Tbilisi for

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Tbilisi’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, Tbilisi 7: Sao Paulo leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Sao Paulo 84, Tbilisi 72: Sao Paulo leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Sao Paulo 60, Tbilisi 62: Tbilisi leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Sao Paulo 86, Tbilisi 70: Sao Paulo leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sao Paulo 48, Tbilisi 58: Tbilisi leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Sao Paulo 47, Tbilisi 77: Tbilisi leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Sao Paulo 52, Tbilisi 45: Sao Paulo leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Sao Paulo 44, Tbilisi 52: Tbilisi leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Sao Paulo 70, Tbilisi 42: Sao Paulo leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Sao Paulo 62, Tbilisi 80: Tbilisi leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sao Paulo 76, Tbilisi 57: Sao Paulo leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sao Paulo 25, Tbilisi 66: Tbilisi leads by 41 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sao Paulo and Tbilisi.

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 beaches and shopping with your weighting.

Tbilisi
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

Tbilisi in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
34 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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Sao PauloTbilisi

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre). Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSao PauloTbilisi
Official languagePortugueseGeorgian
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Lari (GEL)
SocketsCN60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+4
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation760 m575 m
Main airportSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureSao PauloTbilisi
City population11,451,9991,331,485
People per km²7,5191,849
Museums within 10 km9029
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. 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.