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São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
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The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Sao Paulo or Tromso?

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

  • shopping
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: Sao Paulo leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Sao Paulo 84, Tromso 36: Sao Paulo leads by 48 points.
Culture & sights. Sao Paulo 60, Tromso 27: Sao Paulo leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Sao Paulo 86, Tromso 38: Sao Paulo leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sao Paulo 48, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Sao Paulo 47, Tromso 14: Sao Paulo leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Sao Paulo 52, Tromso 45: Sao Paulo leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Sao Paulo 44, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Sao Paulo 70, Tromso 15: Sao Paulo leads by 55 points.
Affordability. Sao Paulo 62, Tromso 11: Sao Paulo leads by 51 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sao Paulo 76, Tromso 32: Sao Paulo leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sao Paulo 25, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sao Paulo and Tromso.

Your match

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

Sao Paulo
Best match
58match

Wins on shopping and prices with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

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
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Sao PauloTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSao PauloTromso
Official languagePortugueseNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCN60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation760 m20 m
Main airportSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSao PauloTromso
City population11,451,99979,943
People per km²7,51932
Museums within 10 km908
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. 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.