Daily cost of living & weather in Sao Paulo, Brazil (for Hotel Stay, Food and Transportation)?

I am traveling to Sao Paulo, Brazil in Oct'09 end for around three months, so I want to know the following things





- What is weather like from Oct to Jan in Sao Paulo %26amp; Rio (also average Temp)


- How expensive are the hotels (also are these basic Kitchen available in rooms) any suggestions?,


- Are there some kind of service apartments also available there for short stay will all or basic amenities


- How is local transport in Sao Paulo, (Metro, Buses and/or taxis) %26amp; best way to commute.


- How much a veggie food options are available in the cities


- Best local food outlets to hang out (like McD)


- What is cost associated with all theseDaily cost of living %26amp; weather in Sao Paulo, Brazil (for Hotel Stay, Food and Transportation)?
I麓ll try to answer your questions, ok? sorry about my english because I麓m Brazilian and I live in S茫o Paulo...





1. Nowadays is Spring, so the weather is warm (average 24潞 a 29潞 C), but in S茫o Paulo has the four season in the same day. Example: morning rains, evening sun and night is cold. So, bring umbrella, overcoat and light clothing.





2. The most hotels are expensive in the South Zone or Jardins. So, in the centre is regular hotels. See this site about good hotels or flats and best location, like Oscar Freire street or Moema: http://www.hoteisemsaopaulo.hoteis.com.b鈥?/a> Obs: in Brazil just have site in Portuguese and few people speak english here. They speak english in airport and hotels, but other places no.





3. Many flats offers service room or laundry.





4. You didn麓t say where you to be stay here... so, transport in S茫o Paulo is very complicated. Bus is TOO much full and dangerous (have assault inside the bus) - I don麓t like to take bus in SP... I prefer metr么 is more safety than bus and you can do commute for others lines. Taxis is so espensive and the traffic is caotic here. Average 150 km of traffic cars every day!





5. In SP has few veggie foods (restaurante vegetariano)... is more safety eat in malls (here call: shopping center).





6. All Shopping centers have fast food (Mc Donald麓s and fast food local like: Bob麓s, Giraffa麓s.





7. S茫o Paulo is bigger and expensive. You need to bring reais with you, not just dollars, because the most places accept just reais. So, I think that you spend R$ 2.000,00 for month .Daily cost of living %26amp; weather in Sao Paulo, Brazil (for Hotel Stay, Food and Transportation)?
- What is weather like from Oct to Jan in Sao Paulo %26amp; Rio (also average Temp). A: Season will be Spring and Summer, quite warm, can get on 100F





- How expensive are the hotels (also are these basic Kitchen available in rooms) any suggestions? A: For a nice neighborhood, consider at least 150 dollars/day





- Are there some kind of service apartments also available there for short stay will all or basic amenities. A: Yes, you can find it





- How is local transport in Sao Paulo, (Metro, Buses and/or taxis) %26amp; best way to commute.A: There is no best way to commute here, for car there is a lot a traffic, and commute is not very efficient. But there are metro, buses ad taxis. If you are coming to work, consider to be close where you work, same advice for any interest that brings you here. Trust me you won't like.





- How much a veggie food options are available in the cities. A: You can find healthy food very easily, also if you are vegetarian.





- Best local food outlets to hang out (like McD). A: We don't have this kinda food here, as local, it will be pretty much McDonald's, Burger King.





- What is cost associated with all these. A: None of these cities are cheap, Rio can be a little bit cheaper than Sao Paulo.