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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bordeaux or Portland?

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 Bordeaux for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Portland for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Portland’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. Bordeaux 50, Portland 20: Bordeaux leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Bordeaux 78, Portland 68: Bordeaux leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, Portland 38: Bordeaux leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, Portland 52: Portland leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, Portland 84: Portland leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, Portland 58: Bordeaux leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, Portland 55: Bordeaux leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, Portland 62: Bordeaux leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, Portland 52: Bordeaux leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, Portland 38: Bordeaux leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux and Portland are level on 55.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux 40, Portland 42: Portland leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bordeaux and Portland.

Your match

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

Bordeaux
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Portland
52match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BordeauxPortland

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre). Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxPortland
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation1 m152 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxPortland
City population267,991652,503
People per km²5,4251,736
Museums within 10 km1817
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.