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São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral
The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga

Photos: Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Sao Paulo or Turin?

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
  • beaches
  • shopping

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

Choose Turin for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Turin’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, Turin 12: Sao Paulo leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Sao Paulo 84, Turin 81: Sao Paulo leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Sao Paulo 60, Turin 78: Turin leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Sao Paulo 86, Turin 50: Sao Paulo leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sao Paulo 48, Turin 80: Turin leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Sao Paulo 47, Turin 84: Turin leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Sao Paulo 52, Turin 57: Turin leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Sao Paulo 44, Turin 68: Turin leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Sao Paulo 70, Turin 58: Sao Paulo leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Sao Paulo 62, Turin 58: Sao Paulo leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sao Paulo 76, Turin 65: Sao Paulo leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sao Paulo 25, Turin 40: Turin leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sao Paulo and Turin.

Your match

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

Sao Paulo
58match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

Turin
Best match
61match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors 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

Turin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
56 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 PauloTurin

Where the figures come from

Turin 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). Turin: 1991-2020 normals, Torino / Caselle (15.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSao PauloTurin
Official languagePortugueseItalian
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCN60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation760 m239 m
Main airportSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSao PauloTurin
City population11,451,999841,600
People per km²7,5196,474
Museums within 10 km9072
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04

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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. 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.