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São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Sao Paulo or Valletta?

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
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Valletta for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Valletta’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, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Sao Paulo 84, Valletta 55: Sao Paulo leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Sao Paulo 60, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Sao Paulo 86, Valletta 46: Sao Paulo leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sao Paulo 48, Valletta 56: Valletta leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Sao Paulo 47, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Sao Paulo 52, Valletta 58: Valletta leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Sao Paulo 44, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Sao Paulo 70, Valletta 38: Sao Paulo leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Sao Paulo 62, Valletta 50: Sao Paulo leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sao Paulo 76, Valletta 44: Sao Paulo leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sao Paulo 25, Valletta 32: Valletta leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sao Paulo and Valletta.

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 shopping with your weighting.

Valletta
55match

Wins on day trips and beaches 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

Valletta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 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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Sao PauloValletta

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

Before you go

MeasureSao PauloValletta
Official languagePortugueseEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCN60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation760 m56 m
Main airportSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureSao PauloValletta
City population11,451,9995,197
People per km²7,5196,496
Museums within 10 km9016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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. 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.