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São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Sao Paulo or Vienna?

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
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Vienna for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Vienna’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, Vienna 27: Sao Paulo leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Sao Paulo 84, Vienna 68: Sao Paulo leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Sao Paulo 60, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Sao Paulo 86, Vienna 50: Sao Paulo leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sao Paulo 48, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Sao Paulo 47, Vienna 74: Vienna leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Sao Paulo 52, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Sao Paulo 44, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Sao Paulo 70, Vienna 62: Sao Paulo leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Sao Paulo 62, Vienna 44: Sao Paulo leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sao Paulo 76, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sao Paulo 25, Vienna 58: Vienna 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 Vienna.

Your match

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

Sao Paulo
58match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on getting around and wellness 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

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 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). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSao PauloVienna
Official languagePortugueseGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCN60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation760 m151 m
Main airportSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureSao PauloVienna
City population11,451,9992,028,289
People per km²7,5194,890
Museums within 10 km90152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03

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.