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Bodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour, Bodrum
BodrumBodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour
Portofino and its bay from the hillside, Portofino
PortofinoPortofino and its bay from the hillside

Photos: Bodrum by Serhio Magpie, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Portofino by Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bodrum or Portofino?

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 Bodrum for

  • nightlife
  • families
  • prices

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

Choose Portofino for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Portofino’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. Bodrum 80, Portofino 60: Bodrum leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Bodrum 60, Portofino 36: Bodrum leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Bodrum 45, Portofino 22: Bodrum leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Bodrum 65, Portofino 14: Bodrum leads by 51 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bodrum 60, Portofino 77: Portofino leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Bodrum 72, Portofino 76: Portofino leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Bodrum 66, Portofino 33: Bodrum leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Bodrum 42, Portofino 50: Portofino leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Bodrum 45, Portofino 29: Bodrum leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Bodrum 38, Portofino 9: Bodrum leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bodrum 32, Portofino 7: Bodrum leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bodrum 52, Portofino 42: Bodrum leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bodrum and Portofino.

Your match

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

Bodrum
Best match
55match

Wins on nightlife and families with your weighting.

Portofino
38match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bodrum in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Portofino in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Bodrum's temperatures are measured 43 km from the centre, at Kos Airport.

Bodrum has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Portofino's temperatures are measured 31 km from the centre, at Genova / Sestri.

Portofino has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bodrum: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Kos Airport (42.7 km from centre). Portofino: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (31 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBodrumPortofino
Official languageTurkishItalian
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m20 m
Main airportMilas Bodrum International Airport (BJV)32 km from centre83 non-stop destinationsGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)32 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBodrumPortofino
City population175,000355
People per km²314142
Museums within 10 km414
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months4 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.