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São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral
Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige

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

Sao Paulo or Verona?

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
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Verona for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Verona’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, Verona 44: Verona leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Sao Paulo 84, Verona 66: Sao Paulo leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Sao Paulo 60, Verona 76: Verona leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Sao Paulo 86, Verona 37: Sao Paulo leads by 49 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sao Paulo 48, Verona 65: Verona leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Sao Paulo 47, Verona 92: Verona leads by 45 points.
Good for families. Sao Paulo 52, Verona 66: Verona leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Sao Paulo 44, Verona 68: Verona leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Sao Paulo 70, Verona 52: Sao Paulo leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Sao Paulo 62, Verona 46: Sao Paulo leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sao Paulo 76, Verona 66: Sao Paulo leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sao Paulo 25, Verona 48: Verona leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sao Paulo and Verona.

Your match

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

Sao Paulo
58match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

Verona
Best match
61match

Wins on day trips 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

Verona in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Sao PauloVerona

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre). Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSao PauloVerona
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 m59 m
Main airportSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)10 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSao PauloVerona
City population11,451,999255,588
People per km²7,5191,285
Museums within 10 km9018
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05

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. 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.