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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Brisbane 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 Brisbane for

  • families
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Porto for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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. Brisbane 55, Porto 40: Brisbane leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Porto 70: Porto leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Porto 68: Porto leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Porto 65: Porto leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Porto 64: Brisbane leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Porto 79: Porto leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Porto 52: Brisbane leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Porto 66: Porto leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Porto 52: Porto leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Porto 62: Porto leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Porto 52: Brisbane leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 40, Porto 34: Brisbane leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and Porto.

Your match

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

Brisbane
54match

Wins on families and beaches with your weighting.

Porto
Best match
59match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 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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BrisbanePorto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbanePorto
Official languageEnglishPortuguese
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation0 m104 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbanePorto
City population2,706,966273,476
People per km²1716,606
Museums within 10 km1642
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 monthsNone

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