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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cadiz 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 Cadiz for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Portland for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping
  • nightlife

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. Cadiz 80, Portland 20: Cadiz leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz and Portland are level on 68.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Portland 38: Cadiz leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Portland 52: Portland leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Portland 84: Portland leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Portland 58: Cadiz leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Portland 55: Cadiz leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Portland 62: Cadiz leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Portland 52: Portland leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Portland 38: Cadiz leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Portland 55: Portland leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz and Portland are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Portland.

Your match

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

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Portland
52match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cadiz in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Portland in July

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CadizPortland

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizPortland
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation11 m152 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizPortland
City population109,950652,503
People per km²9,0871,736
Museums within 10 km1117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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). 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.