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São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral
Mountain Village under snow, seen from the gondola, Telluride
TellurideMountain Village under snow, seen from the gondola

Photos: Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Telluride by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Sao Paulo or Telluride?

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
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Telluride for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Telluride’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, Telluride 5: Sao Paulo leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Sao Paulo 84, Telluride 38: Sao Paulo leads by 46 points.
Culture & sights. Sao Paulo 60, Telluride 20: Sao Paulo leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Sao Paulo 86, Telluride 20: Sao Paulo leads by 66 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sao Paulo 48, Telluride 93: Telluride leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Sao Paulo 47, Telluride 30: Sao Paulo leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Sao Paulo 52, Telluride 45: Sao Paulo leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Sao Paulo 44, Telluride 66: Telluride leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Sao Paulo 70, Telluride 25: Sao Paulo leads by 45 points.
Affordability. Sao Paulo 62, Telluride 7: Sao Paulo leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sao Paulo 76, Telluride 35: Sao Paulo leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sao Paulo 25, Telluride 45: Telluride leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sao Paulo and Telluride.

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 prices with your weighting.

Telluride
36match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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

Telluride in July

23 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
58 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 PauloTelluride

Where the figures come from

Telluride 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). Telluride: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Telluride / Lime (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSao PauloTelluride
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 m2,667 m
Main airportSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsMontrose Regional Airport (MTJ)64 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSao PauloTelluride
City population11,451,9992,607
People per km²7,5191,372
Museums within 10 km900
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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