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São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Sao Paulo or Vilnius?

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 Vilnius for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Vilnius’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, Vilnius 17: Sao Paulo leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Sao Paulo 84, Vilnius 50: Sao Paulo leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Sao Paulo 60, Vilnius 66: Vilnius leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Sao Paulo 86, Vilnius 46: Sao Paulo leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sao Paulo 48, Vilnius 52: Vilnius leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Sao Paulo 47, Vilnius 60: Vilnius leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Sao Paulo 52, Vilnius 44: Sao Paulo leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Sao Paulo 44, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Sao Paulo 70, Vilnius 38: Sao Paulo leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Sao Paulo 62, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sao Paulo 76, Vilnius 54: Sao Paulo leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sao Paulo 25, Vilnius 34: Vilnius leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sao Paulo and Vilnius.

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 food and drink with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on getting around 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
11 hdaylight a day

Vilnius in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
90 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
17 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). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSao PauloVilnius
Official languagePortugueseLithuanian
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCN60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation760 m98 m
Main airportSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureSao PauloVilnius
City population11,451,999619,405
People per km²7,5191,545
Museums within 10 km9031
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03

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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.