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São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

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

Sao Paulo or Tunis?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Tunis for

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Tunis’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, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Sao Paulo 84, Tunis 60: Sao Paulo leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Sao Paulo 60, Tunis 76: Tunis leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Sao Paulo 86, Tunis 33: Sao Paulo leads by 53 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sao Paulo 48, Tunis 45: Sao Paulo leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Sao Paulo 47, Tunis 77: Tunis leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Sao Paulo 52, Tunis 38: Sao Paulo leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Sao Paulo 44, Tunis 48: Tunis leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Sao Paulo 70, Tunis 50: Sao Paulo leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Sao Paulo 62, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sao Paulo 76, Tunis 38: Sao Paulo leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sao Paulo 25, Tunis 58: Tunis leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sao Paulo and Tunis.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Sao Paulo
58match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Tunis
56match

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
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Tunis in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °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). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSao PauloTunis
Official languagePortugueseArabic
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsCN60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation760 m4 m
Main airportSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureSao PauloTunis
City population11,451,999602,560
People per km²7,5192,834
Museums within 10 km9016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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.