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São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
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The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Sao Paulo or Windhoek?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Windhoek’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, Windhoek 4: Sao Paulo leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Sao Paulo 84, Windhoek 36: Sao Paulo leads by 48 points.
Culture & sights. Sao Paulo 60, Windhoek 30: Sao Paulo leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Sao Paulo 86, Windhoek 25: Sao Paulo leads by 61 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sao Paulo 48, Windhoek 52: Windhoek leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Sao Paulo 47, Windhoek 14: Sao Paulo leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Sao Paulo 52, Windhoek 30: Sao Paulo leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Sao Paulo 44, Windhoek 22: Sao Paulo leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Sao Paulo 70, Windhoek 30: Sao Paulo leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Sao Paulo and Windhoek are level on 62.
Live music & performing arts. Sao Paulo 76, Windhoek 18: Sao Paulo leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sao Paulo 25, Windhoek 30: Windhoek leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sao Paulo and Windhoek.

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 live music and the arts with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors 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

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Sao PauloWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSao PauloWindhoek
Official languagePortugueseEnglish
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCN60 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+2
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation760 m1,650 m
Main airportSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSao PauloWindhoek
City population11,451,999486,169
People per km²7,51995
Museums within 10 km905
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.