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São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral
Palms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue, West Palm Beach
West Palm BeachPalms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue

Photos: Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; West Palm Beach by Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Sao Paulo or West Palm Beach?

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 West Palm Beach for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on West Palm Beach’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, West Palm Beach 80: West Palm Beach leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Sao Paulo 84, West Palm Beach 52: Sao Paulo leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Sao Paulo 60, West Palm Beach 42: Sao Paulo leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Sao Paulo 86, West Palm Beach 36: Sao Paulo leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sao Paulo 48, West Palm Beach 58: West Palm Beach leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Sao Paulo 47, West Palm Beach 55: West Palm Beach leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Sao Paulo 52, West Palm Beach 66: West Palm Beach leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Sao Paulo 44, West Palm Beach 38: Sao Paulo leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Sao Paulo 70, West Palm Beach 64: Sao Paulo leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Sao Paulo 62, West Palm Beach 23: Sao Paulo leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sao Paulo 76, West Palm Beach 47: Sao Paulo leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sao Paulo 25, West Palm Beach 44: West Palm Beach leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sao Paulo and West Palm Beach.

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 prices with your weighting.

West Palm Beach
50match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

West Palm Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Sao PauloWest Palm Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre). West Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSao PauloWest Palm Beach
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCN60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193911
Elevation760 m6 m
Main airportSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSao PauloWest Palm Beach
City population11,451,999117,415
People per km²7,519786
Museums within 10 km904
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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.