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São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Sao Paulo or Tel Aviv?

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

  • prices
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Tel Aviv’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, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Sao Paulo 84, Tel Aviv 80: Sao Paulo leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Sao Paulo 60, Tel Aviv 57: Sao Paulo leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Sao Paulo 86, Tel Aviv 82: Sao Paulo leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sao Paulo 48, Tel Aviv 52: Tel Aviv leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Sao Paulo 47, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Sao Paulo 52, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Sao Paulo 44, Tel Aviv 64: Tel Aviv leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Sao Paulo 70, Tel Aviv 55: Sao Paulo leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Sao Paulo 62, Tel Aviv 14: Sao Paulo leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sao Paulo 76, Tel Aviv 70: Sao Paulo leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sao Paulo 25, Tel Aviv 35: Tel Aviv leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sao Paulo and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Sao Paulo
58match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

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

Tel Aviv in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °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). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSao PauloTel Aviv
Official languagePortugueseHebrew
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsCN60 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193Police 100, fire 102
Elevation760 m5 m
Main airportSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days-

By the numbers

MeasureSao PauloTel Aviv
City population11,451,999467,875
People per km²7,5198,998
Museums within 10 km9098
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 months

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.