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The Forbidden City, Beijing
BeijingThe Forbidden City
Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira

Photos: Beijing by BI ravencrow, Pexels License; Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Beijing or Porto?

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 Beijing for

  • culture and sights
  • wellness
  • shopping

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

Choose Porto for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Porto’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. Beijing 6, Porto 40: Porto leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Beijing 81, Porto 70: Beijing leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Beijing 93, Porto 68: Beijing leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Beijing 58, Porto 65: Porto leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Beijing 60, Porto 64: Porto leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Beijing 85, Porto 79: Beijing leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Beijing 64, Porto 52: Beijing leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Beijing 69, Porto 66: Beijing leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Beijing 72, Porto 52: Beijing leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Beijing 68, Porto 62: Beijing leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Beijing 68, Porto 52: Beijing leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Beijing 55, Porto 34: Beijing leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Beijing and Porto.

Your match

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

Beijing
Best match
65match

Wins on culture and sights and wellness with your weighting.

Porto
59match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Beijing in July

32 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
163 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Porto in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
22 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BeijingPorto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Beijing: 1991-2020 normals, Beijing (11.1 km from centre). Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBeijingPorto
Official languagePutonghuaPortuguese
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation43 m104 m
Main airportBeijing Capital International Airport (PEK)25 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBeijingPorto
City population21,893,095273,476
People per km²1,3346,606
Museums within 10 km8342
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km63
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.